Problem with perlcc and modules

[BenRussell]

I cannot get my perl scripts to work if they use any modules. For example, take the following script (test.pl):

use Digest::MD5;
print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("Some text");
print "\n";

When I compile it with the command:
perlcc test.pl

It tells me:

/tmp/ccl0Jfet.o: In function `dl_init':
/tmp/ccl0Jfet.o(.text+0x33934): undefined reference to `boot_Digest__MD5'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I am running Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Perl 5.6.1

Any ideas?

- Ben

 

[icrf]

Well, I guess the underlying question is why use perlcc? What's the end goal? It was always a pretty experimental script anyway, and as far as I know, it hasn't been seriously touched in awhile.

If you're trying to generate stand-alone or shared executables from Perl code, I suggest PAR's pp utility, as I've had much better luck with it.

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Andrew - Perl Monkey

 

[BenRussell]

What about perlembed? Would that be a viable option?

My end goal is to have a relatively secure compiled C program (written originally in perl) so that the original Perl source code cannot (easily) be generated from it.

- Ben