That's a really unfortunate URL typo for the source dist. Shoud be http://www.wxperl.co.uk/Wx-Perl-Packager-0.11.tar.gz
Mark Dootson wrote: > Hi, > > > Have just uploaded a working Wx::Perl::Packager to CPAN. > Also available as PPM from http://www.wxperl.co.uk/ > > If you want the source dist and your CPAN mirror does not have it yet, then > it is also at > http://www/wxperl.co.uk/Wx-Perl-Packager-0.11.tar.gz > > What's new: > > On app startup the 3 wxWidgets DLLs directly linked to Wx.dll are extracted > as bound files and moved to a separate temporary directory along with > mingwm10.dll and gdiplus.dll if required / present. > > The temp directory is named using the user name, the key for the version of > wxWidgets, a key for the version of Wx and a short hash of the file sizes of > the wxWidgets DLLs. Which means that app should only ever have to copy them > once, (unless they are deleted) and should always get the correct version. > > This directory is not put on the path - DLLs are loaded directly by > Wx::Perl::Packager. > > The --clean option does not work - but it never did. It is irrelevant in any > case for your bound files and hence the wxWidgets dlls. PerlApp always > attempts to remove these. > > The --dyndll option now works. The wxWidgets DLLs are not loaded dynamically, > of course. But they are the only components which aren't. > > There are some new options for the wxpdk utility meaning you no longer end up > loading the GUI if you don't want. > > You can now do: > > wxpdk -A argfile.args > > then: > > perlapp @argfile.args --norunlib --dyndll --gui --exe foo.exe foo.pl > > so automated builds are supported and use of the PerlApp GUI is not required. > > You can create a perlapp file without loading the GUI by doing: > > wxpdk -S foo.pl -P foo.parlapp > > If you don't want to use wxpdk to create arg files or perlapp files, or you > are compiling your own wxWidgets, read the pod. > > Wx Perl Packager now binds the wxWidgets dlls under different path names - so > existing .perlapp files won't work. > > wxpar now handles gdiplus.dll if wxWidgets is linked to it. > > I hope it all works for everyone. > > Regards > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
