Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error (Summary)
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 13, 4:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The "procedure entry point" error message is all over various lists/ groups but I haven't found a good resolution yet. A follow-up to myself, since this thread went in a couple of directions. Randy, the link at uwinnipeg for the appropriate version of PAR::Packer went nowhere (http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/PAR-Packer-588 is basically blank). For some reason (maybe that one) I couldn't convince ppm to install from there. This may be my fault. What I meant in my earlier message is that I'll be removing the PAR*588 ppm packages, in favour of calling them just PAR and PAR-Packer; these will always be compiled against the latest ActivePerl build. -- best regards, Randy
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error (Summary)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... > > Mark's solution (with Steffen's installation tip) worked perfectly. > For future reference, should this be considered a general solution to > the problem? > .. Hi, The solution you used will only work with latest ActivePerl (currently 822). It was also just one of the steps required for a complete install (dependencies etc) - but I figured you had completed all the others. The full method, assuming you don't have a C compile environment, is to download the free nmake from Microsoft, download the PAR::Packer source, and do a standard perl Makefile.pl nmake nmake test nmake install Even then, this is only ever likely to work if you have the latest ActivePerl. (It downloads the same PAR dist that you downloaded manually - which is always likely to be compiled against latest ActivePerl) A solution for everyone, if you can't upgrade your ActivePerl, is to install MinGW and build yourself. This is much simpler than you might think. I have promised to do a 'HOWTO' by putting together all the info offered in past threads by several folks with necessary info on the minor changes you have to make for different ActivePerl versions. Going forward, you won't have to tweak anything because you can use MinGW with ActivePerl from version 822 without needing any minor tweaks etc. I just haven't got around to doing it. You only really need a HOWTO if you have no experience compiling anything at all OR you want to compile on Vista. Anyway, glad you got things working. Regards Mark
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error (Summary)
On Sep 13, 4:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The "procedure entry point" error message is all over various lists/ > groups but I haven't found a good resolution yet. A follow-up to myself, since this thread went in a couple of directions. Randy, the link at uwinnipeg for the appropriate version of PAR::Packer went nowhere (http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/PAR-Packer-588 is basically blank). For some reason (maybe that one) I couldn't convince ppm to install from there. This may be my fault. Mark's solution (with Steffen's installation tip) worked perfectly. For future reference, should this be considered a general solution to the problem? Thank you, all.
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error
Hi Mark, hi par@perl.org, Mark Dootson wrote: > For ActiveState build 822 you can download the PAR dist from > > http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/PAR-Packer-0.976-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par > > and install it with: > > perl -MPAR::Dist -e"install_par( > 'PAR-Packer-0.976-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' )" It's just a nit, but perl -MPAR::Dist -e"install_par( 'http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/PAR-Packer-0.976-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' ); will work just fine. (Aaah, all the magic Audrey has put in! :) In fact, that exact .par package should automatically be fetched if you don't have a C compiler handy and try to install PAR::Packer via the CPAN shell. Cheers, Steffen
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The "procedure entry point" error message is all over various lists/ groups but I haven't found a good resolution yet. Fresh install of ActiveState Perl, Par-Package too. The error is: The procedure entry point Perl_sv_2iv_flags could not be located in the dynamic link library perl58.dll I think I understand the explanations given elsewhere, that the PAR packager is looking for a different version of Perl58.dll than the one that it has. What I haven't seen is how to resolve it. Rebuilding PAR from scratch, probably not an option for me. I just need to re- distribute a perl program to others... What versions of what packages do I need to install? In our http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/ repository I had been maintaining versions of PAR and related packages built against different versions of Perl. This is becoming somewhat unmanageable, though, so I've now changed it so that these will be built with the latest ActivePerl (currently build 822), and have just uploaded a new PAR and PAR-Packer built against this. Could you try those versions to see if they work? You may have to use ppm to uninstall the packages first. -- best regards, Randy Kobes
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error
Hi,
For ActiveState build 822 you can download the PAR dist from
http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SM/SMUELLER/PAR-Packer-0.976-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par
and install it with:
perl -MPAR::Dist -e"install_par(
'PAR-Packer-0.976-MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.8.8.par' )"
Regards
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The "procedure entry point" error message is all over various lists/
> groups but I haven't found a good resolution yet.
>
> Fresh install of ActiveState Perl, Par-Package too. The error is:
>
> The procedure entry point Perl_sv_2iv_flags could not be located
> in the
> dynamic link library perl58.dll
>
> I think I understand the explanations given elsewhere, that the PAR
> packager is looking for a different version of Perl58.dll than the one
> that it has. What I haven't seen is how to resolve it. Rebuilding
> PAR from scratch, probably not an option for me. I just need to re-
> distribute a perl program to others... What versions of what packages
> do I need to install?
>
> The Perl58.dll version:
>
> C:\Perl\bin>perl -MWin32 -e "print Win32::GetFileVersion('c:/perl/
> bin/perl58.dll')"
> 588822
>
> There are no other perl58.dll's on my system. Par's version:
>
> C:\Perl\site\bin>pp -V
> PAR Packager, version 0.976 (PAR version 0.976)
>
> And Perl reports:
>
> C:\Perl\site\bin>perl -v
> This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 18 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>
> Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
>
> Binary build 822 [280952] provided by ActiveState
> http://www.ActiveState.com
> Built Jul 31 2007 19:34:48
>
> Is there a resolution to all of this?
>
Re: Problems with ActiveState PAR/PP -- procedure entry point error
Hi,
If your only perl58.dll is the one from ActiveState build 822, then the problem
is with your PAR packager. It contains an image of perl58.dll from a different
(earlier) version of Perl.
Where did you get the PAR::Packer modules from?
Regards
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The "procedure entry point" error message is all over various lists/
> groups but I haven't found a good resolution yet.
>
> Fresh install of ActiveState Perl, Par-Package too. The error is:
>
> The procedure entry point Perl_sv_2iv_flags could not be located
> in the
> dynamic link library perl58.dll
>
> I think I understand the explanations given elsewhere, that the PAR
> packager is looking for a different version of Perl58.dll than the one
> that it has. What I haven't seen is how to resolve it. Rebuilding
> PAR from scratch, probably not an option for me. I just need to re-
> distribute a perl program to others... What versions of what packages
> do I need to install?
>
> The Perl58.dll version:
>
> C:\Perl\bin>perl -MWin32 -e "print Win32::GetFileVersion('c:/perl/
> bin/perl58.dll')"
> 588822
>
> There are no other perl58.dll's on my system. Par's version:
>
> C:\Perl\site\bin>pp -V
> PAR Packager, version 0.976 (PAR version 0.976)
>
> And Perl reports:
>
> C:\Perl\site\bin>perl -v
> This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
> (with 18 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>
> Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
>
> Binary build 822 [280952] provided by ActiveState
> http://www.ActiveState.com
> Built Jul 31 2007 19:34:48
>
> Is there a resolution to all of this?
>
