Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for PerlIO::via::symlink cp symlink.pm blib\lib\PerlIO\via\symlink.pm Version 6.00.8168.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved. D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\bin\perl.exe -Mblib -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib -Id:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\lib -e "use Test::Harness qw(&runUsing D:/cpanrun/depot/main/contrib-patched/perl/CPAN/src/PerlIO-vit/1use..........Perldubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED test 1 Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay t/2basic............skipped: symlink not available Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/1use.t 255 65280 1 1 100.00% 1 1 test skipped. iled--compilation aborted at t/1use.t line 4. Failed 1/2 test scripts, 50.00% okay. 1/1 subtests failed, 0.00% okay. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'D:\cpanrun\build\5-6-1\bin\perl.exe' : return code '0xff' Stop.