Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for Sys::PortIO cp PortIO.pm blib/lib/Sys/PortIO.pm AutoSplitting blib/lib/Sys/PortIO.pm (blib/lib/auto/Sys/PortIO) /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/bin/perl -I/export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-thread-multi -I/export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1 /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap PortIO.xs > PortIO.xsc && mv PortIO.xsc PortIO.c Please specify prototyping behavior for PortIO.xs (see perlxs manual) gcc -c -DUSE_REENTRANT_API -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -fno-strict-aliasing -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -DVERSION=\"0.1\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.1\" -fPIC -I/export/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE PortIO.c PortIO.xs:47: sys/io.h: No such file or directory make: *** [PortIO.o] Error 1