[rt.cpan.org #113618] Strange issue with not packing libperl.dylib

Sun Apr 10 11:10:40 2016: Request 113618 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by RSCHUPP
       Queue: PAR-Packer
     Subject: Strange issue with not packing libperl.dylib
   Broken in: 1.030
    Severity: Important
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: [email protected]
      Status: open
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=113618 >


On 2016-04-10 10:28:20, PHILKIME wrote:
> Very odd, the user who reported this still has the issue with that
> version I mentioned - just verified five mins ago. I wonder if it is
> the same for you?

Me too. But looking into the cache directory I see only a file called "biber" there,
no libperl.dylib. If I look at the real biber (i.e. the packed exeutable),
it should consist of the following parts, concatenated in order:

[1] an executable (myldr/boot) which is really small except for some large 
    byte arrays consisting of myldr/par and libperl.dylib (not compressed)
[2] several core perl modules each starting with the string "FILE" 
    (also uncompressed)
[3] a zip containing the bulk of your application
[4] a small trailer with some meta data, e.g. the basename of the cache directory
    and the position where part [2] starts

Examining biber's [4] shows that [2] starts around 90k. That's way too small 
to contain libperl.dylib. So something went wrong, apparently already with
your build of PAR::Packer as part [1] is generated when PAR::Packer is build.
In fact, [1] is the contents of PAR::StrippedPARL::Static (uuendoded)
and not influenced by any packing you do. Err... except when you packed with
"pp -d", then you would get PAR::StrippedPARL::Dynamic instead which lacks
libperl.dylib ...

Cheers, Roderich