Hi, i have sent a patch for perl-5.005 to the BTS - With that you are able to compile the perl-5.005 package for mips and mipsel (As long as you have managed to get jade/nsgmls to run) Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 "If you're not having fun right now, you're wasting your time."