Yep, Archive::Tar 0.23 installs fine on Win32. Module::Build on the other hand does not:

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>perl Makefile.PL
This module required Module::Build to install itself.
  Install Module::Build [y]
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read \cpan\Metadata
  Database was generated on Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:36:47 GMT
CPAN is up to date.
Running install for module Module::Build
Running make for K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.15.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::MD5 loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for \cpan\sources\authors\id\K\KW\KWILLIAMS\Module-Build-0.15
+.tar.gz ok

Scanning cache \cpan\build\. for sizes
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok
Module-Build-0.15/
Module-Build-0.15/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/Changes
Module-Build-0.15/INSTALL
Module-Build-0.15/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Base.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Compat.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Amiga.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/darwin.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Default.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/EBCDIC.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/MacOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/MPEiX.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/RiscOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Unix.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/VMS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/VOS.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build/Platform/Windows.pm
Module-Build-0.15/lib/Module/Build.pm
Module-Build-0.15/Makefile.PL
Module-Build-0.15/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/META.yml
Module-Build-0.15/README
Module-Build-0.15/t/
Module-Build-0.15/t/basic.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/common.pl
Module-Build-0.15/t/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/lib/ModuleBuildOne.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/runthrough.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/lib/Sample.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/META.yml
Module-Build-0.15/t/Sample/test.pl
Module-Build-0.15/t/xs.t
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/Build.PL
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/Changes
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/XSTest.pm
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/lib/XSTest.xs
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/MANIFEST
Module-Build-0.15/t/XSTest/test.pl
Removing previously used \cpan\build\Module-Build-0.15

  CPAN.pm: Going to build K/KW/KWILLIAMS/Module-Build-0.15.tar.gz

C:\Perl\bin\Perl.exe Build.PL
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Module-Build' version '0.15'
Warning: PREREQ_PM mentions ExtUtils::Install more than once, last men
+tion wins
at C:/Perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 4642, <GEN4> line 1.

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

        ./Build
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '
+0x1'
Stop.
  C:\WINNT\nmake.EXE  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>This module required Module::Build to install itself
+.
  Install Module::Build [y] y
'y' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Thesaurus-0.21>
[download]

cheers

tachyon

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