[mythtv] Error with LWP on SuSE

[swan-1]

In trying to install LWP on a new SuSE 8.1 system, I get an error
trying to test libwww-perl-5.65:

robot/ua.............NOK 2HTTP Server terminated
robot/ua.............FAILED tests 1-3, 5, 7
        Failed 5/7 tests, 28.57% okay
local/autoload.......ok
local/get............ok        
local/http...........NOK 7Can't call method "is_redirect" on an undefined value at local/http.t line 188, <DAEMON> line 1.
local/http...........NOK 8HTTP Server terminated
local/http...........dubious        
        Test returned status 22 (wstat 5632, 0x1600)
DIED. FAILED tests 1-18
        Failed 18/18 tests, 0.00% okay


Anyone have any ideas on this or any pointers?

Greg