Tue Feb 07 14:18:13 2017: Request 120131 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by jrushwo...@divestco.com
Queue: PAR-Packer
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #120131] PAR::Packer DynaLoader Problem On
Strawberry Perl 5.24.1
Broken in: (no value)
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Owner: Nobody
Requestors: jrushwo...@divestco.com
Status: rejected
Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120131 >
Roderich,
That worked. I also linked zlib1__.dll and the program ran with no
errors. Now I just need to track down the required link commands for the
other three modules I need for my program to run and I'll be good to go.
You really know your stuff.
Thanks.
ttfn
jr
Roderich Schupp via RT wrote:
> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120131 >
>
> On 2017-02-07 12:57:02, jrushwo...@divestco.com wrote:
>
>> C:\Users\james\AppData\Local\Temp\par-6a616d6573\cache-
>> c1546264452e74db829440ed61c603745f7769ed>objdump
>> -ax e88b1fb1.xs.dll | perl -ne "print if /DLL Name/"
>> DLL Name: msvcrt.dll
>> DLL Name: libpng16-16__.dll
>> DLL Name: KERNEL32.dll
>> DLL Name: perl524.dll
>
> OK, so PNG.xs.dll only links with libpng16-16__.dll, but try the same
> command on libpng16-16__.dll and you'll see that it's linked with some
> libz*.dll
> (which should be added by a --link option).
>
>> The original error message tells us that it can't find e88b1fb1.xs.dll
>> but the same file is in the executable called PNG.xs.dll. Why is it
>> able
>> to find the file if Strawberry Perl is installed on the machine but
>> not
>> if it isn't. One of the things I tried is installing Strawberry Perl
>> on
>> the machine immediately after getting the error message and starting a
>> new command prompt with Strawberry Perl in the path and having the
>> executable run with no error.
>
> The actual error message from Perl is rather misleading. Perl's DynaLoader
> wants to load the "glue" DLL for Tk::PNG, but it fails because the
> Windows DLL loader can't find a library that it is directly or indirectly
> linked with. If the machine you run the executbale on has Strawberry
> installed,
> then it *has* the libraries (and the Strawberry installation makes sure that
> their location is added to the PATH environment variable). If Strawberry isn't
> installed and the libraries haven't been packed in either, then you'll
> see the error message.
>
> Cheers, Roderich
>
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