Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good 'SIGN' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for POSIX::strptime cp lib/POSIX/strptime.pm blib/lib/POSIX/strptime.pm /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.6.1/bin/perl -I/home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/IA64.ARCHREV_0-thread-multi -I/home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1 /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap strptime.xs > strptime.xsc && mv strptime.xsc strptime.c Error: 'const char *' not in typemap in strptime.xs, line 13 Error: 'const char *' not in typemap in strptime.xs, line 14 Please specify prototyping behavior for strptime.xs (see perlxs manual) make: *** [strptime.c] Error 1