XML::LibXML with pp on windows

sectokia has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks. I cannot figure out how to package a program that uses XML::LibXML. I am using strawberry perl on windows. I convert the perl program to exe:

Make exe like this:

pp -I lib -l c:\strawberry\c\bin\zlib1__.dll -l c:\strawberry\c\bin\li
+bxml2-2__.dll -l c:\strawberry\c\bin\libiconv-2__.dll -x --xargs=pp -
+I ..\source ..\source\testxx.pl -o ..\bin\testxx.exe
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When I run on the system that generated the exe (with strawberry perl installed) it runs OK.

Running on another system (that doesn't have perl installed) produces this error:

Can't load 'C:\Users\USER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\par-5741444d436f7474657
+244616e\cache-f5208665237b7d0dd36c5b6942120a85a57da865\7c34139c.xs.dl
+l' for module XML::LibXML: load_file:The specified module could not b
+e found at <embedded>/DynaLoader.pm line 193.
  at <embedded>/PAR/Heavy.pm line 140.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Users\USER~1\AppData\Local\Tem
+p\par-5741444d436f7474657244616e\cache-f5208665237b7d0dd36c5b6942120a
+85a57da865\inc\lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 156.
Compilation failed in require at C:\Users\USER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pa
+r-5741444d436f7474657244616e\cache-f5208665237b7d0dd36c5b6942120a85a5
+7da865\inc\lib/testx.pm line 14.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Users\USER~1\AppData\Local\Tem
+p\par-5741444d436f7474657244616e\cache-f5208665237b7d0dd36c5b6942120a
+85a57da865\inc\lib/testx.pm line 14.
Compilation failed in require at script/testxx.pl line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script/testxx.pl line 10.
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My guess is I need to include something...xs.dll. I notice by searching there are a lot of *.xs.dll files in strawberry perl sub folders. How do I know what I need to include? Is there any way to list all the DLL's that get loaded when I run the script normally, so I can have them linked to pp?

Thanks for any help! Have been stuck on this for a quite a while!

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Re: XML::LibXML with pp on windows by swl (Parson) on Dec 16, 2021 at 03:51 UTC
You are probably missing a second level dependency (i.e. one or more of the DLLs you are packing depends on another DLL you are not listing). Give pp_autolink from App::PP::Autolink a go. I just tested with the script below. It fails using a plain pp call (in the same way that your call does), but passes with pp_autolink. `use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; print 'done';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XML::LibXML with pp on windows by sectokia (Pilgrim) on Dec 16, 2021 at 04:20 UTC
Thank you! pp_autolink built exe works, and pp_autolink shows the missing DLL was: `c:\strawberry\c\bin\liblzma-5__.dll`	[reply] [d/l]


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