--- EV/t/00_load.t	2007/11/01 06:48:49	1.5
+++ EV/t/00_load.t	2007/11/08 16:48:54	1.9
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..4\n"; }
 
+$^W = 0; # work around some bugs in perl
+
 print eval { require EV            } ? "" : "not ", "ok 1 # $@\n";
-print eval { require EV::DNS       } ? "" : "not ", "ok 2 # $@\n";
+if ($^O eq "linux") {
+   print eval { require EV::DNS       } ? "" : "not ", "ok 2 # $@\n";
+} else {
+   print "ok 2 # skipped on non-gnu/linux\n";
+}
 print eval { require EV::AnyEvent  } ? "" : "not ", "ok 3 # $@\n";
 print eval { require EV::MakeMaker } ? "" : "not ", "ok 4 # $@\n";