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

Sun Apr 10 11:37:22 2016: Request 113618 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by PHILKIME
       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 >


Maybe a clue. Here is the PAR::Packer build log from the actual build machine. Perhaps there is an otool difference on later OSX builds? I build on 10.6 as the earliest viable 64-bit platform - that otool error is new as of 1.30



bbf-osx106:PAR-Packer-1.030-cHZXau root# /opt/local/bin/perl Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Prototype mismatch: sub main::prompt: none vs ($;$) at /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.22/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 228.
Generating a Unix-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for myldr
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
Generating a Unix-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
bbf-osx106:PAR-Packer-1.030-cHZXau root# make
cp lib/PAR/Filter.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm
cp lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm blib/lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm
cp lib/PAR/Packer.pm blib/lib/PAR/Packer.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm
cp lib/pp.pm blib/lib/pp.pm
Makefile:755: warning: overriding commands for target `.c.o'
Makefile:337: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.c.o'
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" par_pl2c.pl my_par_pl < ../script/par.pl > my_par_pl.c 
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" sha1.c.PL
/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -c -pipe -Os  -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -I/opt/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -I/opt/local/include  -I/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.22/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE  -DPARL_EXE=\"parl\" -O3 main.c
main.c: In function 'main':
main.c:121: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 main.o  -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names  -fstack-protector  -L/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.22/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -lperl -lpthread -ldl -lm -lutil -lc  -o ./par
true
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" encode_append.pl Dynamic.in ./par Dynamic.pm
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" embed_files.pl -c 32768 ./par > boot_embedded_files.c
otool: unknown char `-' in flag --version

Usage: otool [-fahlLDtdorSTMRIHvVcXm] <object file> ...
	-f print the fat headers
	-a print the archive header
	-h print the mach header
	-l print the load commands
	-L print shared libraries used
	-D print shared library id name
	-t print the text section (disassemble with -v)
	-p <routine name>  start dissassemble from routine name
	-s <segname> <sectname> print contents of section
	-d print the data section
	-o print the Objective-C segment
	-r print the relocation entries
	-S print the table of contents of a library
	-T print the table of contents of a dynamic shared library
	-M print the module table of a dynamic shared library
	-R print the reference table of a dynamic shared library
	-I print the indirect symbol table
	-H print the two-level hints table
	-v print verbosely (symbolically) when possible
	-V print disassembled operands symbolically
	-c print argument strings of a core file
	-X print no leading addresses or headers
	-m don't use archive(member) syntax
	-B force Thumb disassembly (ARM objects only)
# fall back to guessing what DLLs are needed by ./par
# embedding "./par" as "par"
/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -c -pipe -Os  -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -I/opt/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -I/opt/local/include  -I/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.22/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE  -DPARL_EXE=\"parl\" -O3 boot.c
env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6 /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 boot.o   -o ./boot
true
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" encode_append.pl Static.in ./boot Static.pm
cp Static.pm ../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm
cp Dynamic.pm ../blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.pm
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" -Mblib=.. run_with_inc.pl ./par -q -B -Oparldyn
cp parldyn ../blib/script/parldyn
true ../blib/script/parldyn
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" -Mblib=.. run_with_inc.pl ./boot -q -B -Oparl
cp parl ../blib/script/parl
true ../blib/script/parl
Manifying 2 pod documents
cp script/tkpp blib/script/tkpp
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" "-Iinc" -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/tkpp
cp script/par.pl blib/script/par.pl
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" "-Iinc" -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/par.pl
cp script/pp blib/script/pp
"/opt/local/bin/perl5.22" "-Iinc" -MExtUtils::MY -e 'MY->fixin(shift)' -- blib/script/pp
Manifying 4 pod documents
Manifying 10 pod documents
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