I am using 'cpan' under cygwin to try to install the package DateTime::TimeZone.

The installation fails when trying to compile the prerequisite: Package::Stash::XS with the error message "Could not make: Unknown error" -- which of course is not very helpful (at least to me).

The following is the fulloutput I receive after typing "install Package::Stash::XS" 
Running install for module 'Package::Stash::XS'
Running make for D/DO/DOY/Package-Stash-XS-0.28.tar.gz
Prepending %BUILDDIR%/Test-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Tes
+t-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/bl
+ib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test
+-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib
+/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Tester-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Te
+ster-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Data-Op
+tList-0.109-tQ8WPI/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Data-OptList-0.109-tQ8WPI/bli
+b/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Install-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-In
+stall-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/lib to PERL5LIB; %BUILD
+DIR%=/home/myhome/.cpan/build for 'get'
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /home/myhome/.cpan/build/P
+ackage-Stash-XS-0.28-KGjONb
Prepending %BUILDDIR%/Test-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Tes
+t-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/bl
+ib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test
+-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib
+/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Tester-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Te
+ster-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Data-Op
+tList-0.109-tQ8WPI/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Data-OptList-0.109-tQ8WPI/bli
+b/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Install-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-In
+stall-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/lib to PERL5LIB; %BUILD
+DIR%=/home/myhome/.cpan/build for 'make'
Could not make: Unknown error
Prepending %BUILDDIR%/Test-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Tes
+t-Fatal-0.013-Zw4i9r/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/bl
+ib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Requires-0.07-8LLzjm/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test
+-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Output-1.03-gGwQYZ/blib
+/lib %BUILDDIR%/Test-Tester-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Test-Te
+ster-0.109-YJnV9z/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Exporter-0.987-es_9LP/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Data-Op
+tList-0.109-tQ8WPI/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Data-OptList-0.109-tQ8WPI/bli
+b/lib %BUILDDIR%/Sub-Install-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/arch %BUILDDIR%/Sub-In
+stall-0.927-1vN3KS/blib/lib %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/
+arch %BUILDDIR%/Capture-Tiny-0.23-koScj6/blib/lib to PERL5LIB; %BUILD
+DIR%=/home/myhome/.cpan/build for 'test'
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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Note that 'make' is installed in '/bin/make' by the standard cygwin install.

Any idea what might be wrong here and how to fix it?
Thanks!

In reply to Difficult compiling Package::Stash::XS by puterboy

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