p2e.pl

sberthold has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

What is a hint file?
When I try to run p2e.pl it errors out looking for a hint file.

C:\Perl>p2e.pl c:\1work\perl\exe_test.pl -o c:\1work\exe_test.exe

Hints file not found at C:/Perl/site/lib/App/Packer/Frontend/ModuleInfo.pm line 28. B::Module::Info,modules_used use failed with 255 saying: Undefined subroutine &B::Module::Info::compile called at C:/Perl/lib/O.pm line 11.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. Writing 'c:\1work\exe_test.exe' unable to find loader at C:/Perl/site/lib/App/Packer/Backend/DemoPack.pm line 228.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: p2e.pl by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Sep 27, 2005 at 17:42 UTC
From the CPAN docs on ModuleInfo: * informations Some modules use hard to detect techniques, for example they req +uire other modules dynamically (i.e. require "$foo.pm"), or use dynam +ic loading through non-standard modules. For this reason <App::Packer::Frontend::ModuleInfo> uses an hints file +. An hints file looks like this: [prerequisites] tk=<<EOT ^Tk:: Tk EOT [skip] foo=<<EOT Foo Foo::Bar EOT xyz=<<EOT Xyz::Dummy EOT [Module::Name] modules_used=<<EOT My::Module Your::Module EOT uses_dynamic_loading=1 The first section lists module prerequisites: each entry has the form: name=<<EOT pattern prereq1 prereq2 EOT Where the entry name is arbitrary. The second section lists modules to be skipped. The entry name is arbi +trary. [download] ---- I Go Back to Sleep, Now. OGB	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: p2e.pl
by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Sep 27, 2005 at 17:42 UTC

    * informations

      Some modules use hard to detect techniques, for example they req
+uire other modules dynamically (i.e. require "$foo.pm"), or use dynam
+ic loading through non-standard modules.

For this reason <App::Packer::Frontend::ModuleInfo> uses an hints file
+. An hints file looks like this:

  [prerequisites]
  tk=<<EOT
  ^Tk::
  Tk
  EOT

  [skip]
  foo=<<EOT
  Foo
  Foo::Bar
  EOT
  xyz=<<EOT
  Xyz::Dummy
  EOT

  [Module::Name]
  modules_used=<<EOT
  My::Module
  Your::Module
  EOT
  uses_dynamic_loading=1

The first section lists module prerequisites: each entry has the form:

  name=<<EOT
  pattern
  prereq1
  prereq2
  EOT

Where the entry name is arbitrary.

The second section lists modules to be skipped. The entry name is arbi
+trary.
[download]

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I Go Back to Sleep, Now.

OGB

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