Re: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries

It appears that the use of Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL are not detected by Module::Scandeps when it is called by PAR::Packer.

Net::SSLeay in turn has DLL dependencies that need to be packed.

If you edit the script to explicitly use Net::SSLeay then pp-autolink detects dependencies of libcrypto, libssl and zlib.

pp_autolink -o sendemail.exe sendemail.pl
DLL check iter: 1
DLL check iter: 2
DLL check iter: 3
No alien system dlls detected

Detected link list: --link c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/libcrypto-
+1_1-x64__.dll --link c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/libssl-1_1-x64_
+_.dll --link c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/zlib1__.dll
CMD: pp --link c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/libcrypto-1_1-x64__.dl
+l --link c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/libssl-1_1-x64__.dll --link
+ c:\berrybrew\5.28.0_64_pdl\c\bin/zlib1__.dll -o sendemail.exe sendem
+ail.pl
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Re^2: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by vexed (Novice) on Apr 13, 2021 at 13:13 UTC
Hi swl, Many thanks for your input! I think we are making progress here. I am now getting the below error instead. Can't locate object method "start_SSL" via package "IO::Socket::SSL" at script/sendemail.pl line 474.	[reply]
Re^3: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by swl (Prior) on Apr 13, 2021 at 21:54 UTC
It seems that a plain pp call, even with the `-x` flag, does not trigger all of the libraries, but packing works under pp_autolink. You could also add these lines to the script, assuming in your case you always want to use them anyway: `BEGIN { use Net::SSLeay; use IO::Socket::SSL; IO::Socket::SSL->start_SSL($SERVER, SSL_version => 'TLSv1_2', SSL_ +verify_mode => 0 ); }` [download] When I run the exe I can get the usage information. However, I have not tested if sending emails actually works, and that might be the next point of failure, leading to your other reply in 11131180.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by vexed (Novice) on Apr 14, 2021 at 01:21 UTC
You are an absolute legend!!! It works now :D Many thanks for your time and help, it is greatly appreciated.	[reply]
Re^5: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by swl (Prior) on Apr 14, 2021 at 06:30 UTC
Re^4: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by Anonymous Monk on Jul 29, 2022 at 17:49 UTC
Thank you! this fixed it! I posted my edited version of sendEmail.exe on github: https://github.com/shdf2/sendemail and even compiled it for windows 64bit.	[reply]
Re^2: pp generated executable can't find or load libraries by vexed (Novice) on Apr 13, 2021 at 14:31 UTC
I think this program is far too old and too broken to fix. I am also not a developer or a Perl user. Time to look for an alternative. Thank you all for your input, this is such a great community, I have learned a couple of things about Perl :D EDIT: With swl's help, TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 are now working as expected in sendMail.exe after packing it with pp_autolink	[reply]