In trying to link the dll for the Socket extension I now see: CC/DECC /Include=[]/Standard=Relaxed_ANSI/Prefix=All/Obj=.obj/NoList /Object=[.EXT.SOCKET]SOCKET.OBJ [.EXT.SOCKET]SOCKET.C MCR Sys$Disk:[]miniperl.exe "-I[.lib]" [.vms]gen_shrfls.pl -f gen_shrfls.opt %DCL-I-IGNQUAL, qualifiers appearing before this item were ignored \VERSION\ Link /NoTrace/NoMap/Share=PERLSHR.EXE [.ext.dynaloader]dl_vms.obj, [.ext.socket]socket.obj, []perlshr_bld.opt/Option, perlshr_attr.opt/Option %LINK-W-NUDFSYMS, 1 undefined symbol: %LINK-I-UDFSYM, S_SYYLEX %LINK-W-USEUNDEFSYMV, undefined symbol S_SYYLEX referenced in symbol vector option %MMS-F-ABORT, For target PERLSHR.EXE, CLI returned abort status: %X10648268. Was something unusual done with any /s_syylex/i symbols recently? Peter PrymmerThread Next