hipi-install exit with "Failed with exit code 6400"

[Bruce Hartley]

When running "perl hipi-install", I get the following error.

Making all in doc
Building XS Files
    CC -o Utils.o
    CC -o Utils.so
    CC -o Exec.o
    CC -o Exec.so
    CC -o I2C.o
    CC -o I2C.so
    CC -o SPI.o
    CC -o SPI.so
    CC -o BCM2835.o
    CC -o BCM2835.so
    CC -o Wiring.o
    CC -o Wiring.so
Building Executables
/usr/bin/perl -Ilib -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib inc/buildexecs.pl
failed to build hipi-i2c : Undefined subroutine &HiPi::Utils::Exec::_compress_buffer called at lib/HiPi/Utils/Exec.pm line 123.
 at lib/HiPi/Utils/Exec.pm line 83
Failed with exit code 6400
/usr/bin/perl -Ilib -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib inc/buildexecs.pl
Failed to run perl Build at hipi-install line 97.

the build ..
Linux 3 3.18.7-v7+ #755 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 12 17:20:48 GMT 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

A pointer into the right direction would be fantastic.