Problems with pp (Perl Packager) induced with exit statement

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I am getting the same problem that is being reported at URL
    http://perlmonks.thepen.com/433411.html
with subject title
    Problems with pp (Perl Packager)
I let them know I was here going to post a sample script that duplicates 
the problem.

I am getting the same message
     "BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 835"
I am using Mandrake Linux, perl 5.8.6 and par 0.87
It runs fine as a perl file.
There are two files below.
 test_tk_129.pl
      Invokes tk_utils to pop up a simple button.
      Prints hello.
 tk_utils.pm
      Pops up a "Click me" button and returns.
It runs fine using
   "perl test_tk_129.pl"
I do
   pp -o test_129 test_tk_129.pl
and then run
   ./test_129
and I get these results:
   main says hello
   _TK_EXIT_(129)
   BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 835.
---------------------------------Paste of test_tk_129.pl
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use tk_utils;
tk_utils::debug_test_1;
print "main says hello\n";
exit(129);
-------------------------------End paste of test_tk_129.pl
-------------------------------Paste of tk_utils.pm
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
package tk_utils;
use Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = ( "debug_test_1" );
use Tk;
use strict;
sub okay_response {
 my ($we_top) = @_;
 $we_top->destroy;
}
sub debug_test_1 {
 my $okay_button;
 my $we_top = new MainWindow;
 $okay_button =
     $we_top->Button(  -text => "Click Me",
                       -command => [  \&okay_response,
                                      $we_top,
                                   ]
                     )->pack(-ipadx =>10);
 #########
 MainLoop;
 #########
}
------------------------------End paste of tk_utils.pm
----------------------------Paste of notes after further testing
I need to have an exit(129) statement in my real code, so I am keeping 
it in this little test.  If I remove the exit(129) statement, THE 
PROBLEM GOES AWAY.  If I have just "exit;" the problem comes back.

Again, my real code must be able to tell the caller that it has exited 
with an error code.

Thanks