I've done several tries on compiling perl 5.8.2 on win xp (btw: use dmake and ming - much easier than using vs). If you do compile multiple times from the same source (even with "make clean" in between) it hangs on every copy of the module's .pm-files: "overwrite yes/no/always". "always" gets you nowhere, as these are single file copy commands - so you'd have to acknowledge every one. I'd suggest that you either - set COPYCMD=/Y in the Makefile(s), - or at least tell to set that in the README.win32. Regards, P.MarekThread Next