Crossposted at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23771043/perlapp-generated-exe-cant-load-packages. I cross-linked this cross-postings for maximum collaboration efficiency

There I learned perlapp has wildcard feature (--add too), documented in http://docs.activestate.com/pdk/6.0/PerlApp.html#perlapp__2d_2dtrim_modules
--trim Module::* excludes Module::Foo, but neither Module itself nor Module::Foo::Bar.
--trim Module::** excludes Module::Foo and Module::Foo::Bar, but not Module.
--trim Module:: works the same as --trim Module;Module::**, excluding all of Module, Module::Foo and Module::Foo::Bar.
Note that you may have to quote the * character to prevent wildcard expansion by your command shell.