Re^4: Crypt::SSLeay not found by Makefile.PL on Win32

[jkeenan1]

1. I'm getting very confusing information from this WinXP box as to whether Crypt-SSLeay has been installed or not. On the one hand ....

C:\Perl\site\lib\Crypt\SSLeay>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 7CBF-35A0
 
 Directory of C:\Perl\site\lib\Crypt\SSLeay
 
11/21/2006  12:32 PM    <DIR>          .
11/21/2006  12:32 PM    <DIR>          ..
11/21/2006  12:32 PM                55 Conn.pm
11/21/2006  12:32 PM                54 CTX.pm
11/21/2006  12:32 PM                54 Err.pm
11/21/2006  12:32 PM             1,187 MainContext.pm
11/21/2006  12:32 PM               620 X509.pm
               5 File(s)          1,970 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  69,418,430,464 bytes free

... and

C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Crypt\SSLeay>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 7CBF-35A0

 Directory of C:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Crypt\SSLeay
 
11/21/2006  12:32 PM    <DIR>          .
11/21/2006  12:32 PM    <DIR>          ..
11/21/2006  12:32 PM               538 .packlist
11/21/2006  12:32 PM                 0 SSLeay.bs
11/21/2006  12:32 PM            32,843 SSLeay.dll
11/21/2006  12:32 PM               820 SSLeay.exp
11/21/2006  12:32 PM             2,190 SSLeay.lib
11/21/2006  12:32 PM           197,632 SSLeay.pdb
               6 File(s)        234,023 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  69,418,430,464 bytes free

... but, on the other hand ...

C:\Documents and Settings>ppm verify Crypt::SSLeay
ppm verify failed: Package 'Crypt::SSLeay' is not installed

Is it or isn't it? Only SSLeay's hairdresser knows for sure. I'm now waiting for a sysadmin to come by so we can try a re-install of the ppm.

2. Unfortunately the Crypt-SSLeay docs have not been updated in three years. The Windows-specific suggestions there are out-of-date, e.g., ActiveState is hundreds of builds past the ones mentioned in the docs. But because in my testing I'm trying to replicate the conditions in which "average Win32 Perl users" work, I have to get this application working on ActivePerl.

Thanks for taking the time to explore this problem.

[Anonymous Monk]

How have you investigated load_file:Access is denied?
Don't rely on ppm verify. Download Crypt::SSLeay and run the test-suite by hand.