Well I eventually get an error with 'make test'. Here is what I get with 'make' and 'make test'

(1010) sirius-pipas:~/downloads/GD-2.44 $ make
/usr/bin/perl.exe GD/Image.pm.PLS GD/Image.pm
Extracting Image.pm (with variable substitutions)
cp GD/Polyline.pm blib/lib/GD/Polyline.pm
cp qd.pl blib/lib/qd.pl
cp GD/Image.pm blib/lib/GD/Image.pm
cp GD.pm blib/lib/GD.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/GD.pm (blib/lib/auto/GD)
cp GD/Simple.pm blib/lib/GD/Simple.pm
cp GD/Polygon.pm blib/lib/GD/Polygon.pm
cp GD/Group.pm blib/lib/GD/Group.pm
/usr/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/perl5/5.10/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap /usr/l
+ib/perl5/5
.10/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap  GD.xs > GD.xsc && mv GD.xsc GD.
+c
gcc -c  -I/usr/include -Wformat=0 -DUSEIMPORTLIB -O3   -DVERSION=\"2.4
+4\" -DXS_V
ERSION=\"2.44\"  "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.10/i686-cygwin/CORE"  -DHAVE_JPEG
+ -DHAVE_FT
 -DHAVE_XPM -DHAVE_GIF -DHAVE_PNG -DHAVE_ANIMGIF -DVERSION_33 -DHAVE_U
+NCLOSEDPOL
Y -DHAVE_FONTCONFIG -DHAVE_FTCIRCLE GD.c
GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image_stringFT':
GD.xs:2173: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
rm -f blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.dll
g++  --shared  -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,-
+-stack,838
8608 -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector G
+D.o  -o bl
ib/arch/auto/GD/GD.dll  \
          /usr/lib/perl5/5.10/i686-cygwin/CORE/cygperl5_10.dll -L/usr/
+lib -L/usr
/lib -lXpm -lX11 -ljpeg -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lpng12 -lz -liconv -l
+gd  \

chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.dll
test -s GD.bs && cp GD.bs blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.bs && \
          chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.bs
make: [blib/arch/auto/GD/GD.dll] Error 1 (ignored)
/usr/bin/perl.exe "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" bdf_scripts/bdf2gdfont.PL
+S bdf_scri
pts/bdf2gdfont.pl
Extracting bdf2gdfont.pl (with variable substitutions)
cp bdf_scripts/bdf2gdfont.pl blib/script/bdf2gdfont.pl
/usr/bin/perl.exe -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/
+bdf2gdfont
.pl
Manifying blib/man1/bdf2gdfont.pl.1
Manifying blib/man3/GD.Polyline.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/GD.Image.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/GD.Simple.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/GD.3pm
Manifying blib/man3/GD.Polygon.3pm
(1011) sirius-pipas:~/downloads/GD-2.44 $ make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "te
+st_harness
(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/GD.t ........ 1/12 Testing using png support.
t/GD.t ........ Failed 1/12 subtests
        (less 1 skipped subtest: 10 okay)
t/Polyline.t .. ok

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/GD.t      (Wstat: 0 Tests: 12 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  10
Files=2, Tests=13,  3 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr  0.16 sys +  0.60 cusr
+  0.79 csy
s =  1.60 CPU)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/2 test programs. 1/13 subtests failed.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
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Any ideas of what I should try?...thank you.