[rt.cpan.org #75636] PAR::Packer Windows installation error (and suggested fix)

[Dan Cecile via RT]

Thu Mar 08 21:06:15 2012: Request 75636 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by dancec...@gmail.com
       Queue: PAR
     Subject: PAR::Packer Windows installation error (and suggested fix)
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  Requestors: dancec...@gmail.com
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 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=75636 >


To Whom It May Concern,

First, let me say thanks for PAR::Packer, it's working great for me. I ran
into a bit of a snag when I tried installing PAR::Packer on Windows via
CPAN:

windres -F pei-i386 -i winres\pp.rc -o winres\pp.res
windres -o ppresource.coff winres\pp.res
windres: unexpected version string length 68 != 32 + 8
dmake:  Error code 129, while making 'ppresource.coff'
dmake.EXE:  Error code 255, while making 'subdirs'
  RSCHUPP/PAR-Packer-1.013.tar.gz
  C:\Devel\lib\strawberry\c\bin\dmake.EXE -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Failed during this command:
 RSCHUPP/PAR-Packer-1.013.tar.gz              : make NO


I'm running Windows 7 (32-bit) and Strawberry Perl 5.14.2.1, and I used
"cpan" "install PAR::Packer" for attempting the installation.

To fix the problem, I deleted the boilerplate from "pp.rc":

VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
    FILEVERSION        0,0,0,0
    PRODUCTVERSION     0,0,0,0
    FILEFLAGSMASK      VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
    FILEFLAGS          PP_MANIFEST_FILEFLAGS
    FILEOS             VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
    FILETYPE           VFT_APP
    FILESUBTYPE        VFT2_UNKNOWN
BEGIN
    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        BLOCK "000004B0"
        BEGIN
            VALUE "CompanyName", " \0"
            VALUE "FileDescription", " \0"
            VALUE "FileVersion", "0.0.0.0\0"
            VALUE "InternalName", " \0"
            VALUE "LegalCopyright", " \0"
            VALUE "LegalTrademarks", " \0"
            VALUE "OriginalFilename", " \0"
            VALUE "ProductName", " \0"
            VALUE "ProductVersion", "0.0.0.0\0"
        END
    END
    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
    BEGIN
        VALUE "Translation", 0x00, 0x04B0
    END
END


After that, I could run "dmake test" and "dmake install" without any
problems, and packaging an application with "pp" worked very nicely. It's
my first time using PAR::Packer, and I'm pleased to report that (besides
the build issue) it's suits my needs well.

Regards,
Dan Cecile