Tue Feb 07 15:50:57 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
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Owner: Nobody
Requestors: jrushwo...@divestco.com
Status: rejected
Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120131 >
Shawn,
So far I've been able to get by test script to compile with only four
--link options which is not bad. Once I get my real program running I'll
give your suggestion a try.
Thanks.
ttfn
jr
Shawn Laffan via RT wrote:
> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120131 >
>
> Dependency Walker is an alternate means of finding the required dlls. It
> lists the full tree, so is particularly when there are large numbers of them.
>
> http://www.dependencywalker.com/
>
> Shawn.
>
>
>
> On Tue Feb 07 14:18:13 2017, jrushwo...@divestco.com wrote:
>> 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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