Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Palm::DiabetesPilot cp DiabetesPilot.pm blib/lib/Palm/DiabetesPilot.pm cp diabetes-report blib/script/diabetes-report /Users/cpanrun/pristine/5.8.7/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::MY" -e "MY->fixin(shift)" blib/script/diabetes-report Manifying blib/man1/diabetes-report.1 Manifying blib/man3/Palm::DiabetesPilot.3 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /Users/cpanrun/pristine/5.8.7/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl ok 1 - use Palm::DiabetesPilot; ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 Can't use string ("Lunch") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at test.pl line 18. 1..4 # Looks like your test died just after 4. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255