Hi, I'm trying to pack an executable on a Windows system - deep inside my code a dependent module uses socket.pm.
Packing my sourcecode using pp I get an executable. Starting this executable, I got the following error message: "Can't locate loadable object for module Socket ..." Analyising the packed dll's (by size comparing packed dll's with dll's from Perl\lib\auto folder and Perl\site\lib\auto folder) I noticed that dll Perl\lib\auto\socket\socket.dll is not packed. Looking at the packed perl modules, socket.pm is packed correctly. Linking socket.dll explicitly with pp using Option "--link C:\Perl\lib\auto\socket\socket.dll" leads to an executable which contains socket.dll and therefore works correctly. Now my questions: Why is socket.dll not packed correctly with pp - unless socket.pm is packed? If I have to link socket.dll by hand: Why is it neccessary to use a fully qualified path - instead of "--link socket.dll" only (I know: put "C:\Perl\lib\auto\socket\" on your path and it will work ... but I'm not satisfied with this: it would be more comfortable, if pp would look AUTOMATICALLY in subdirectories of [PERLBASEPATH]\lib\auto\ and [PERLBASEPATH]\site\lib\auto for more DLLs ...) Is there an other way to overcome this problem? System: Windows2003 Server StrawberryPerl 5.12.1 PAR::Packer 1.006 Thanks Johannes
