in reply to Problem with 'test' in ActiveState's CPAN install

You are using make, did you change the C:\perl\lib\Config.pm? ActivePerl was compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio, therefore the Config.pm references nmake! This means that the MakeMaker will generate a makefile compatible with nmake, but it doesn't have to work well with standard make. You may need to make more changes in Config.pm if you want to use a different compiler, not only make!

Try to change the Config.pm and install the module once more.

Jenda

P.S.: There's another PPM repository at http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz/perl