Re: How to minimize size of perl install?

Yeah, you could do that... However, that seems like a lot of work!

I suggest you look at Perl2Exe which compiles your code into executables. They offer packages that can create executables on almost every imaginable platform.

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Re: Re: How to minimize size of perl install? by blssu (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2002 at 10:57 UTC
Thanks for the link. The site doesn't describe the technique they use though -- it looks like a simple file bundler that works by scanning the source for require statements. I don't want to generate obscured or encrypted packages. I want people to be able to read and modify my code. The touch+find technique given above is actually very simple -- two Unix commands which I haven't even bothered to make a script for. The only down-side is that when packaging modules with lots of autoloads, you have to be sure your testing every execution path.	[reply]

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by blssu (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2002 at 10:57 UTC

Thanks for the link. The site doesn't describe the technique they use though -- it looks like a simple file bundler that works by scanning the source for require statements.

I don't want to generate obscured or encrypted packages. I want people to be able to read and modify my code.

The touch+find technique given above is actually very simple -- two Unix commands which I haven't even bothered to make a script for. The only down-side is that when packaging modules with lots of autoloads, you have to be sure your testing every execution path.

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