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Hello folks:

I'm playing a bit with PAR. Seems like a neat way to distribute an application but I'm having trouble with the Bleach filter.

Whenever I use the Bleach filter on the modules (using the -F option) executing the PAR archive with parl returns the following error message: 

MyDir/MyModule.pm did not return a true value at (eval 12) line 54.<br
+/>
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 12) line 75.

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This all despite the fact that MyDir/MyModule.pm does infact end with the usual 1;

Any hints or suggestions dear monks? I'm absolutely stumped.


Thanks!

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Re: Trouble with PAR & Bleach filter
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Oct 13, 2004 at 21:45 UTC
    Any hints or suggestions dear monks? I'm absolutely stumped.
    Have you tried examining the filtered module? I see stuff like $_=<<'';y;\r\n;;d;$_=pack'b*',$_;eval;$@&&die$@ and that is not going to return a true value. Here's my version of PAR::Filter::Bleach 
    sub apply {
    my $ref = $_[1];

    $$ref = unpack("b*", $$ref);
    $$ref =~ tr/01/ \t/;
    $$ref =~ s/(.{9})/$1\n/g;
    $$ref = q(local $_=<<'';y;\r\n;;d;$_=pack'b*',$_;$_=eval;$@&&die$@
+;$_;)."\n$$ref\n\n";
}

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    MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
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      I've somewhat taken over maintenance of PAR from Audrey. Thus I'm trying to work my way through the rt.cpan.org PAR queue. This bug has been fixed in release 0.91.

      All the best,
      Steffen

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      Thanks for the enlightenment, PodMaster!
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