Big THX to wog for the assist, but it's a no go. To help out, here's the Makefile.PL:

require 5.003;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker 5.16;
use Config;

$Bzip2_INCLUDE = '-I/usr/include';
#$Bzip2_INCLUDE = '-I/usr/local/include';
#$Bzip2_INCLUDE = '-I/usr/local/include/bzip2';

$Bzip2_LIB     = '-L/usr/lib -L.';

WriteMakefile(
                NAME            => 'Compress::Bzip2',
        VERSION_FROM      => 'Bzip2.pm',
        LIBS         => [ "$Bzip2_LIB -lbz2" ],
              INC          => "$Bzip2_INCLUDE",
        'dist'         => {COMPRESS=>'bzip2', SUFFIX=>'bz2'},
         ) ;
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The libbz2.dll is in c:\usr\lib, c:\incoming\compress-bzip2-1.00 ( the pwd ), and c:\winnt\system32. I've made several tweeks to the Makefile.PL, but all fail. Note that the headers, etc. are picked up fine ...

BTW, if I get this bad boy compiled, I will of course share w/ the community ...

HTH
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