Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for BTRIEVE::Native cp Native.pm blib/lib/BTRIEVE/Native.pm /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/bin/perl /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/ExtUtils/typemap Native.xs > Native.xsc && mv Native.xsc Native.c cc -c -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L -D_REENTRANT -Ae -D_HPUX_SOURCE -Wl,+vnocompatwarnings -DNO_HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -fast +DSitanium2 +Ofltacc=strict -DVERSION=\"0.03\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.03\" +Z "-I/home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/IA64.ARCHREV_0-thread-multi/CORE" Native.c Error 20: "Native.xs", line 8 # ';' expected before 'BTRCALL'. extern short int __stdcall BTRCALL ^^^^^^^ make: *** [Native.o] Error 2