Update: Anyone else encountering this problem, if you get GD v2.41 from Bribes repository, the problem "goes away". Which is nice!

I just upgraded my GD install to v2.41 using PPM. The install went through cleanly, but when I try to run a program that uses GD, new or previously working existing code, I get the error: "The procedure entrypoint Perl_newXS_flags could not be located in the dynamic link library perl58.dll"

And this is displayed on the command line: 

Can't load 'c:/Perl/site/lib/auto/GD/GD.dll' for module GD: load_file:
The specified procedure could not be found at c:/Perl/lib/DynaLoader.p
+m line 230.

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I understand the error message, and can confirm that perl58.dll doesn't contain that entrypoint. What I'd like to know is: why is GD.dll trying to access an entrypoint that doesn't exist?

That is, what does it say about the PPD I installed? Am I getting a PPD that was built for 5.10? Was it built with a different compiler?

I'm fairly sure that none of the repositories I have set up are meant to be delivering 5.10 builds: 

ppm> rep
Repositories:
[1] ActiveState Package Repository
[2] winnipeg
[3] bribes
[4] trouchell
ppm> rep describe 1
Describing Active Repository 1:
    Name: ActiveState Package Repository
Location: http://ppm.ActiveState.com/PPM/ppmserver-5.8-windows.plex?ur
+n:/PPM/Server/SQL
    Type: PPMServer 3.0
ppm> rep describe 2
Describing Active Repository 2:
    Name: winnipeg
Location: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep describe 3
Describing Active Repository 3:
    Name: bribes
Location: http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/
    Type: Webpage
ppm> rep describe 4
Describing Active Repository 4:
    Name: trouchell
Location: http://trouchelle.com/ppm/
    Type: Webpage

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Finally, is there a way to get an earlier PPD (say version 2.39 which previously ran okay)? I worked out how to remove v2.41, but that doesn't put the previous version back.

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In reply to Newly installed package has problem with perl58.dll by BrowserUk

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