All,
I am using ActiveState Perl 5.8.8 (817) and trying to build Devel::Caller with MinGW. The odd thing is that it is failing to find -lperl58

Here is the output of perl Makefile.PL 

C:\Devel-Caller-0.11>perl Makefile.PL
# running Build.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe Build.PL
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Checking whether your kit is complete...
Looks good

Checking prerequisites...
Looks good

Creating new 'Build' script for 'Devel-Caller' version '0.11'
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)

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Here is the output of mingw32-make 

C:\Devel-Caller-0.11>mingw32-make
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe Build --makefile_env_macros 1
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
lib\Devel\Caller.pm -> blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm
lib\Devel\Caller.xs -> lib\Devel\Caller.c
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl\lib -IC:\Perl\lib C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\
+xsubpp -noprototypes -typemap C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap lib\Devel\
+Caller.xs
gcc -c -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_
+HASH_SEED -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT
+_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -DHASATTRIBUTE -fno-strict-al
+iasing -O2 "-DXS_VERSION=\"0.11\"" "-DVERSION=\"0.11\"" -I"C:\Perl\li
+b\CORE" -I"\include" -o "lib\Devel\Caller.o" "lib\Devel\Caller.c"
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap::Mkbootstrap('blib\arch\auto\Devel\Caller\Caller
+.bs')
Generating script 'lib\Devel\Caller.lds'
dlltool --def "lib\Devel\Caller.def" --output-exp "lib\Devel\Caller.ex
+p"
gcc -o "blib\arch\auto\Devel\Caller\Caller.dll" -Wl,--base-file,"lib\D
+evel\Caller.base" -Wl,--image-base,0x26130000 -mdll "lib\Devel\Caller
+.lds" "lib\Devel\Caller.exp"
C:\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: 
+cannot find -lperl58
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
dlltool --def "lib\Devel\Caller.def" --output-exp "lib\Devel\Caller.ex
+p" --base-file "lib\Devel\Caller.base"
gcc -o "blib\arch\auto\Devel\Caller\Caller.dll" -Wl,--image-base,0x261
+30000 -mdll "lib\Devel\Caller.lds" "lib\Devel\Caller.exp"
C:\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: 
+cannot find -lperl58
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Manifying blib\lib/Devel/Caller.pm -> blib\libdoc\Devel.Caller.3
HTMLifying blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm -> blib\libhtml\site\lib\Devel\Cal
+ler.html
Build: blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm: unterminated list at =head in paragra
+ph 30.  ignoring.
Build: blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm: cannot resolve L<perlfunc/caller> in 
+paragraph 31.
Build: blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm: cannot resolve L<perlfunc/caller> in 
+paragraph 50.
Build: blib\lib\Devel\Caller.pm: cannot resolve L<PadWalker> in paragr
+aph 50.

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While I would be just as happy if someone could point me to a ppm repository with a current Devel::Caller, I would truly like to figure out why a default lib can't be found.
Any and all help is appreciated.

Cheers - L~R

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