Perl only builds on real ARM hardware; it fails the NNTP check under QEMU. I got a patch from Debian which fixed this, and then I ran into a problem with another component -- it's just easier to build on real ARM hardware. Rebuild these packages because they contain Perl libraries: ----------------------------------------------------------- xap/imagemagick xap/pidgin xap/xchat n/irssi kde/kdebindings ap/linuxdoc-tools armedslack-extra/elinks