Do you wish to skip database testing? [N]: Enter the DBD driver name [mysql]: Enter the database hostname [localhost]: Enter database port number [3128]: Enter database name [test]: Enter an userid which can manage tables [root]: Enter password: stty: stdin isn't a terminal stty: stdin isn't a terminal Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for HTML::DBTable cp DBTable.pm blib/lib/HTML/DBTable.pm cp DBTable.pod blib/lib/HTML/DBTable.pod Manifying blib/man3/HTML::DBTable.3 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /Users/cpanrun/pristine/5.8.7/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/01__DBSchema...........ok t/02__DBSchemaPatched....skipped all skipped: You haven't patched DBIx::DBSchema. If you think to use Mysql datbase take a look to INSTALL file of this distribution and patch you DBIx::DBSchema modules t/03__DBTable............DBI connect('database=test;host=localhost;port=3128','root',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) at t/03__DBTable.t line 22 Unable to open db handle at t/03__DBTable.t line 22. # Looks like you planned 10 tests but only ran 1. # Looks like your test died just after 1. dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 2-10 Failed 9/10 tests, 10.00% okay Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/03__DBTable.t 255 65280 10 18 180.00% 2-10 1 test skipped. Failed 1/3 test scripts, 66.67% okay. 9/21 subtests failed, 57.14% okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255