Hi Monks, does anybody knows if Win32::SerialPort works with Win7x64 and the Perl Version noted in the title? I receive the following error after fetching from CPAN: 
Creating new t/DefaultPort.pm
Creating new nomake_test
Creating new nomake_install
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Generating a dmake-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Win32::SerialPort
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
  BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz
  C:\strawberry-perl-5.24.0.1-32bit-PDL\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL 
+-- OK
Running make for B/BB/BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz
cp lib/Win32/SerialPort.pm blib\lib\Win32\SerialPort.pm
cp lib/Win32API/CommPort.pm blib\lib\Win32API\CommPort.pm
  BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz
  C:\strawberry-perl-5.24.0.1-32bit-PDL\c\bin\dmake.exe -- OK
Running make test
"C:\strawberry-perl-5.24.0.1-32bit-PDL\perl\bin\perl.exe" "-MExtUtils:
+:Command::MM" "-MTest::Harness
" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 'blib\lib', 'b
+lib\arch')" t/*.t
t/test1.t .. 1/309
#   Failed test at t/test1.t line 534.
t/test1.t .. 305/309 # Looks like you failed 1 test of 309.
t/test1.t .. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
Failed 1/309 subtests
t/test2.t .. ok
t/test3.t .. ok
t/test4.t .. ok
t/test5.t .. ok
t/test6.t .. 1/? SetCommState failed at t/test6.t line 306.
t/test6.t .. ok
t/test7.t .. ok

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/test1.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 309 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  195
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=7, Tests=1808, 62 wallclock secs ( 0.11 usr +  0.22 sys =  0.33 
+CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/7 test programs. 1/1808 subtests failed.
dmake.exe:  Error code 255, while making 'test_dynamic'
  BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz
  C:\strawberry-perl-5.24.0.1-32bit-PDL\c\bin\dmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz
Stopping: 'install' failed for 'Win32::SerialPort'.
Failed during this command:
 BBIRTH/Win32-SerialPort-0.22.tar.gz          : make_test NO


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In reply to Win32::SerialPort install error on Strawberry Perl PDL 5.24.0.1-32bit by derneue

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