The non-thread build went fine, but during the test phase of the threaded version, I get: lib/thr5005..........panic: DETACH at lib/thr5005.t line 161. Running it directly didn't add much more detail: { tzimisce -- 345 } ./perl -I../lib lib/thr5005.t 1..74 ok 1 ok 2 ok 3 ok 4 ok 5 ok 6 ok 7 ok 8 ok 9 ok 10 ok 11 ok 12 ok 13 ok 14 ok 15 ok 16 ok 17 ok 18 ok 19 ok 20 ok 21 ok 22 panic: DETACH at lib/thr5005.t line 161. Randy -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy J. Ray | Programming is a Dark Art [...] The programmer is fighting rjray@redhat.com | against the two most destructive forces in the universe: 415-777-9810 x246 | entropy and human stupidity. --Dr. Damian Conway