Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 7.00.8882 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-2000. All rights reserved. C:\cpanrun-5.8\build\5-8-0\bin\perl.exe "-Iblib\lib" "-Iblib\arch" test.pl 1..13 ok 1 - use XML::XPath::Simple; ok 2 - require XML::XPath::Simple; lock can only be used on shared values at C:/cpanrun-5.8/build/5-8-0/site/lib/XML/Simple.pm line 477. # Looks like you planned 13 tests but only ran 2. # Looks like your test died just after 2. NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\cpanrun-5.8\build\5-8-0\bin\perl.exe' : return code '0xff' Stop.