I understand that 5.8.1 is supposed to be binary compatible with 5.8.0. However, the Debian build of 5.8.1, is not compatible with the Debian HTML::Parser binary package. Rebuilding HTML::Parser (without any source changes) fixed the failure. Has anyone else experienced an upgrade difficulty of this kind? Is it, in the collective opinion of this august list, Debian-specific? -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@pobox.com> "I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence, but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3KThread Next