The $^X discussion has led me to the discovery that we have the wrong variable name in %Config for the extension on an executable file. --- configure.com;-0 Tue May 28 18:12:55 2002 +++ configure.com Thu May 30 17:49:12 2002 @@ -5082,7 +5082,7 @@ $ WC "PERL_API_VERSION='" + api_version + "'" $ WC "PERL_API_SUBVERSION='" + api_subversion + "'" $ WC "_a='" + lib_ext + "'" -$ WC "_ext='" + exe_ext + "'" +$ WC "_exe='" + exe_ext + "'" $ WC "_o='" + obj_ext + "'" $ WC "alignbytes='" + alignbytes + "'" $ WC "aphostname='write sys$output f$edit(f$getsyi(\""SCSNODE\""),\""TRIM,LOWERCASE\"")'" [end of patch] -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:craigberry@mac.com "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad LeithauserThread Next