At what stage of 'nmake test' does the error occur ?
I've just tried out 5.16.2, using MSVC++ 7.1 and couldn't reproduce the error - though the test suite hangs for me at: 
../cpan/CPANPLUS/t/19_CPANPLUS-Dist.t ............................. 32
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I build perl from source quite a bit, and the 32-bit builds usually hang at some point during the running of the tests. (This has been going on for so long that I don't care any more - I just install and be done with it.)

From where did you obtain the perl-5.16.2 source ?
In the Makefile, you are expected to specify whether you're using the free version or the full version of 2010. Did you get that part right ? (Even if you didn't, it seems unlikely to me that would cause the error you're seeing.)

Can you google up any fail reports that are similar to yours ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Compile PERL from source on Windows by syphilis
in thread Compile PERL from source on Windows by MGoBlue

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