I've uploaded Getopt-Long-2.24_01.tar.gz to CPAN. It is a prerelease for 2.25 that I hope will be in time for 5.6.1 / 5.7.1. It fixes some obscure warning bugs, and has one incompatible change regarding the treatment of a single "-" on the command line. - previous versions treat a single "-" as an illegal option, unless a handler was declared for it. - this version treats a single "-" as a non-option, unless a handler was declared for it. Although the difference is small, and not likely to cause problems, I'd like to invite you to download a copy and test it, to eliminate the chance of breakign existing scripts. Thanks. URL: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/JV/Getopt-Long-2.24_01.tar.gz