I moved the Inline source to a path without a space and did a "dmake test":
=== NO SPACES IN BUILD PATH === C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib', 'blib\arch')" t/*.t t/00init......ok t/01usages....ok t/02config....ok t/03errors....ok t/04create....ok t/05files.....skipped all skipped: no reason given All tests successful, 1 test skipped. Files=6, Tests=14, 4 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr + 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '..\blib\lib', '..\blib\arch')" t/*.t t/00init.......ok t/01syntax.....dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 1-5 Failed 5/5 tests, 0.00% okay t/02config.....dubious Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200) DIED. FAILED tests 2-3 Failed 2/3 tests, 33.33% okay t/03typemap....dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) t/04perlapi....dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED test 1 Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay t/05xsmode.....dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED test 1 Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- t/01syntax.t 255 65280 5 10 200.00% 1-5 t/02config.t 2 512 3 3 100.00% 2-3 t/03typemap.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ?? t/04perlapi.t 255 65280 1 2 200.00% 1 t/05xsmode.t 255 65280 1 2 200.00% 1 === I was getting weirder messages when trying the "dmake test" with a path that had spaces. I think I am probably seeing the same as sisyphus1? :Robert