Hmm... I also get test errors:

t/grove......FAILED tests 3-4
        Failed 2/5 tests, 60.00% okay
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-------------------------
t/grove.t                  5    2  40.00%  3-4
Failed 1/2 test scripts, 50.00% okay. 2/10 subtests failed, 80.00% oka
+y.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
[ERROR] MAKE TEST failed: No such file or directory PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 
+/usr/local/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '
+blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
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Looking here It appears to fail at perl versions 5.8.0 and higher.

The only other version I could find on backpan (0.05) also fails 2 tests.

You can try filing a bugreport, but since the distro hasn't been updated in 7 years, I suggest you also start looking for another module.