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in thread I prefer not to run the latest version of Perl because:

I installed App::PP::Autolink and used pp_autolink to create some executables in a test area. I received a lot of error/warning/info messages (shown in the sample run for one of the programs below). The executables started up, but I am running a full set of regression tests to avoid any "surprises".

Until I am satisfied there are no hidden "gotchas" in the pp_autolink executables I will continue to use perl2exe for production code. Like I said, the disk space usage is not a big concern. It was just an aside. 

pp_autolink -o=pai.exe p.pl
# Use of runtime loader module Module::Implementation detected.  Resul
+ts of static scanning may be incomplete.
# Use of runtime loader module Module::Runtime detected.  Results of s
+tatic scanning may be incomplete.
DLL check iter: 1
DLL check iter: 2
DLL check iter: 3
DLL check iter: 4
Unable to locate these DLLS, packed script might not work: oci.dll
No alien system dlls detected
Detected aliens:
# Use of runtime loader module Module::Implementation detected.  Resul
+ts of static scanning may be incomplete.
# Use of runtime loader module Module::Runtime detected.  Results of s
+tatic scanning may be incomplete.

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Re^12: I prefer not to run the latest version of Perl because:
by swl (Prior) on Feb 09, 2023 at 09:59 UTC

    The two warnings are from Module::ScanDeps. The first is from pp_autolink, the second from pp as both scan the script. They can generally be ignored if the script starts up properly.

    I am not sure what oci.dll is for, but if it is not in the system path then pp_autolink will not find it. If you know where it is then you can add it to the pp_autolink call using the --link argument with its full path. This will then be passed on to the pp call (which is also printed to the console if you want to copy it for later re-use without scanning the files using pp_autolink).

    (If oci.dll it is an Oracle dll then maybe this stack overflow link is relevant. Perhaps one of the libraries your script is calling is adding its dir to the path at runtime and so pp_autolink cannot find it.)

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      Thanks for the info swl. You have been most helpful. I'll check it out.

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