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Hi, I have problems installing perl-5.6.1 which should be the newest stable version according to CPAN. Symptom: "./Configure" and "make" work fine, but "make test" produces the following error: base/cond............ok base/if..............ok base/lex.............FAILED at test 47 Failed a basic test--cannot continue. make: *** [test] Error 29 As you can imagine, I hesitate to do a "make install" after this error message. :-) What I tried till now: - built a shadow tree to the original 5.6.1 source tree (using "lndir") - copied Policy.sh and config.sh from the 5.6.0 build tree - ran "./Configure" - ran "make" - ran "make test" ...kaboom... - tried this on OSF1-4.0f (=Tru64) and Irix-6.5: same symptoms - tried using the cc that comes with the respective OS and alternatively gcc-2.95.3: same symptoms - tried different compiler optimization flags: same symptoms - tried system malloc vs. perl malloc (in ./Configure): same symptoms - tried running "./Configure" from the scratch (i.e. without old Policy.sh and config.sh files): same symptoms - tried to comment out test #47 in t/base/lex.t: symptoms now appear in test #48 - tried to remove all the tests #47-51 in t/base/lex.t: symptoms now appear in the next test file t/base/pat.t . Now I'm running out of ideas what to try next. :-) Never have had similar problems with any older version of perl. Is this a bug in 5.6.1, or did I do something wrong? If you need a copy of my config.sh file or of some other files, please send a short email so I can send those files to you. Thanks for your help,