Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Tie::Syslog cp Syslog.pm blib/lib/Tie/Syslog.pm Manifying blib/man3/Tie::Syslog.3 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl 1..2 ok 1 ok 2 Things seem OK, But I *really* can't test your local syslog setup. Please read the documentation for this module. Installing /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/Tie/Syslog.pm Installing /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/man/man3/Tie::Syslog.3 Appending installation info to /home/cpanrun/ia64/build/5.8.2/lib/5.8.2/IA64.ARCHREV_0-thread-multi/perllocal.pod