on an ubuntu 6.06 configure does not show an error with 2.0.0-pre1. Compiling fails: ..... make[6]: Betrete Verzeichnis '/home/norbert/Desktop/freeradius-server-2.0.0-pre1/src/modules/rlm_perl'^M /home/norbert/Desktop/freeradius-server-2.0.0-pre1/libtool --mode=link gcc -release 2.0.0-pre1 \^M -module -export-dynamic -o rlm_perl.la \^M -rpath /usr/local/lib rlm_perl.lo rlm_perl.c /home/norbert/Desktop/freeradius-server-2.0.0-pre1/src/lib/libradius.la \^M `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts` -lnsl -lresolv -lpthread^M ^M *** Warning: Linking the shared library rlm_perl.la against the^M *** static library /usr/lib/perl/5.8/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a is not portable!^M gcc -shared .libs/rlm_perl.o -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/home/norbert/Desktop/freeradius-server-2.0.0-pre1/src/lib/.libs -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib /home/norbert/Desktop/freeradius-server-2.0.0-pre1/src/lib/.libs/libradius.so -L/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/perl/5.8/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/usr/lib/perl/5.8/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lnsl -lresolv -lpthread -Wl,-E -Wl,-soname -Wl,rlm_perl-2.0.0-pre1.so -o .libs/rlm_perl-2.0.0-pre1.so^M /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl^M .... On the other hand, dpkg shows: dpkg -l|grep libperl ii libperl5.8 5.8.8-7build1 Norbert Wegener