For some reason I'm not getting the libraries in my par exe that I want. I've boiled the problem down to the following test case:

c:\temp\test\lib\strict.pm: 

package strict;
$VERSION = 1001;
1;

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c:\temp\test\test.pl: 
use strict 100;
print "strict=$INC{'strict.pm'}\n";

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Then when packaging I get: 
C:\temp\test>c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\strawberry\perl\bin\pp
+ -x -I lib test.pl
strict=lib/strict.pm
Unquoted string "prefork" may clash with future reserved word at c:/st
+rawberry/perl/site/lib/PAR.pm line 16, <_FH> chunk 1.

C:\temp\test>c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\strawberry\perl\bin\pp
+ -c -I lib test.pl
strict version 100 required--this is only version 1.04 at GbLRp4 line 
+4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at GbLRp4 line 4.
Couldn't open GbLRp4.out at c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Module/ScanDep
+s.pm line 1266.

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The warning about the unquoted string doesn't really interest me. The point is that -x works (finds strict version 1001), but -c (or -o) doesn't work.

What I'm trying to do is create a portable binary, with a different version of a library which is also in core. It seems that when I try to create an exe (with -o or -c), my local strict.pm is ignored in favour of the global one. In reality it's Win32::TieRegistry I'm trying to distribute with my exe (because the cpan version still doesn't include this patch).

I've also tried adding -Ilib to the perl switches (between perl.exe and pp). As a workaround I will update my global version of the module just for compiling :(.

Thanks for any help on this.



- Boldra

In reply to strawberry par::packer, @INC and the difference between -c and -x by Boldra

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