Oh and under cygwin my colleague gets the following results, note its a different error. 
  CPAN.pm: Going to build R/RO/ROBIN/Algorithm-FastPermute-0.03.tar.gz

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Algorithm::FastPermute
cp FastPermute.pm blib/lib/Algorithm/FastPermute.pm
cp perms.pl blib/lib/Algorithm/perms.pl
/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6
+.1 /usr/li
b/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/
+typemap Fa
stPermute.xs > FastPermute.xsc && mv FastPermute.xsc FastPermute.c
gcc -c  -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/inclu
+de -DUSEIM
PORTLIB -pg   -DVERSION=\"0.03\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.03\"  -I/usr/lib/per
+l5/5.6.1/c
ygwin-multi/CORE  FastPermute.c
Running Mkbootstrap for Algorithm::FastPermute ()
chmod 644 FastPermute.bs
rm -f blib/arch/auto/Algorithm/FastPermute/FastPermute.dll
LD_RUN_PATH="" ld2  -s -L/usr/local/lib FastPermute.o  -o blib/arch/au
+to/Algorit
hm/FastPermute/FastPermute.dll  /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi/CORE
+/libperl5_
6_1.a
dllwrap --dllname FastPermute.dll --driver-name gcc --dlltool dlltool 
+--export-a
ll-symbols --as as --output-def libFastPermute.def --output-lib libFas
+tPermute.a
 \
-s -L/usr/local/lib FastPermute.o  /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi/C
+ORE/libper
l5_6_1.a
dllwrap: no export definition file provided
dllwrap: creating one, but that may not be what you want
FastPermute.o(.text+0x11):FastPermute.c: undefined reference to `mcoun
+t'
FastPermute.o(.text+0x252):FastPermute.c: undefined reference to `mcou
+nt'
FastPermute.o(.text+0xdef):FastPermute.c: undefined reference to `mcou
+nt'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dllwrap: gcc exited with status 1
perlld: *** system() failed to execute
dllwrap --dllname FastPermute.dll --driver-name gcc --dlltool dlltool 
+--export-a
ll-symbols --as as --output-def libFastPermute.def --output-lib libFas
+tPermute.a
 \
-s -L/usr/local/lib FastPermute.o  /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi/C
+ORE/libper
l5_6_1.a

make: *** [blib/arch/auto/Algorithm/FastPermute/FastPermute.dll] Error
+ 1
  /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

mdupont@PI{~} #perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 1) configuratio
+n:
  Platform:
    osname=cygwin, osvers=1.3.2(0.3932), archname=cygwin-multi
    uname='cygwin_nt-4.0 loreley 1.3.2(0.3932) 2001-05-20 23:28 i686 u
+nknown '
    config_args='-de -Dusemultiplicity'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultipl
+icity=def
ne
    useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -I
+/usr/loca
/include',
    optimize='-O2',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local
+/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='2.95.3-5 (cygwin special)', gccosandvers
+=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
+ lseeksiz
=4
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld2', ldflags =' -s -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lcrypt
    perllibs=-lcrypt
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl5_6_
+1.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' -s'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -s -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CON
+TEXT
  Built under cygwin
  Compiled at Aug 22 2001 01:05:05
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/cygwin-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl

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