Let me guess: you didn't read the README file before you tried compiling?

Let me guess...you just made an invalid assumption about a certain monk's familarity with the Linux/UNIX compile process and this ability to RTFM?

To be completely fair, that was one of the less useful README's I've read, as it addressed all the contact information and nothing on the "how to resolve compilation and dependancy problems" side -- all of which I pretty much nailed on my own. Every kid knows "perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install". Obvious. That's all it said.

The code is broken -- it should work from source *without* the need for binary patches. Needing binary patches for a module is like saying "Well, I really don't know how the heck all of this is supposed to go together...I give up...". Really, if the Perl module isn't compiling off CPAN, there is a problem -- and this will keep most users away from it.