I get the same failure when attempting to upgrade via cpan. Looks like the libgearman still isn't found. It is in /usr/local/lib # cat /etc/ld.so.conf include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf /usr/lib64 /usr/lib /usr/local/lib # perl Makefile.PL *** Module::AutoInstall version 1.03 *** Checking for Perl dependencies... [Core Features] - Test::More ...loaded. (0.92) - Storable ...loaded. (2.21) *** Module::AutoInstall configuration finished. Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgearman Writing Makefile for Gearman::XS I'm sure this is because of my environment but it was a standard Fedora Core 11 install and then a standard gearmand install on an x86_64 system. I just thought we should keep tracking this. 2009/8/26 Dennis Schön