"One year ago I read everything I needed to know about PAR::Packer, if I would have read about the possibility to unzip the executables, I would never have used it."

Apparently you didn't read everything you needed to know about PAR::Packer.

"I can remember reading people using it to protect their sources."

Impossible, they were mistaken and you took their word for it over the clearly documented advice.

"Any suggestions for a good wiki on to compile .pl files to .exe, on Windows which are real compilers, not packers."

If you're looking for a reliable, production worthy solution you're out of luck.

Update: there are several interested threads here on hiding the source, decompiling and reverse engineering, some of which cover Perl as well as other languages. Super Search is your friend.

In reply to Re^9: how to create a makefile using PAR::Packer by marto
in thread how to create a makefile using PAR::Packer by gepebril69

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