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user001

Reputation: 1848

Compiling perl source using pp

I have a perfectly functioning perl script (written in bash terminal on debian linux) that fails to execute (on either linux or windows) when compiled using pp. This may relate to unmet dependencies in the build, but I do believe the following command packages all dependencies into the executable:

    pp -o out.exe in.pl

When I say it is perfectly functioning, I mean that the intended output is generated with no errors if I invoke ./in.pl from a bash terminal.

I would like to create an executable that will run on either linux or windows (if a separate file is required for each OS, so be it).

These are the packages that are included in the source:

use strict;
use warnings;
use charnames ":short";
binmode(STDOUT,":utf8");
use Term::ANSIColor;
use Number::Format;
use Finance::Quote;
use Finance::QuoteHist;
use Date::Manip;     # this may be included by Finance::QuoteHist

If it helps, here is the error message I get (warning, it's long):

ERROR: [config_var] invalid zone in SetDate
ERROR: [config_var] invalid zone in SetDate
Could not load either Text::CSV_XS or Text::CSV_PP : Can't locate Text/CSV_PP.pm in @INC (@INC contains: CODE(0x1422320) /tmp/par-username/cache-addd1cc2ee9285c150584c1853c2b67c0c482e7e/inc/lib /tmp/par-username/cache-addd1cc2ee9285c150584c1853c2b67c0c482e7e/inc CODE(0x11675b0) CODE(0x116ebc8)) at (eval 30) line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 30) line 2.
at Finance/QuoteHist.pm line 13
Compilation failed in require at Finance/QuoteHist.pm line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Finance/QuoteHist.pm line 13.
Compilation failed in require at script/in.pl line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/in.pl line 10.

Judging from the run-time errors, the problem may relate to unmet recursive dependencies (for instance, dependencies within Finance::QuoteHist). Perhaps these recursive dependencies should be included explicitly? This is my first time attempting to compile perl into an executable, so thanks for any guidance you can provide.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1004

Answers (1)

Joel Berger
Joel Berger

Reputation: 20280

You might try to use the -x flag to pp as seen in the docs. It runs the script and checks for dependencies as it goes, which is more accurate than simply scanning for dependencies. I have needed this when using Tk and it worked wonders.

Upvotes: 3

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