Re: autoconf problems with cyrus imapd 2.2.5

[Andreas Schwab]

Russ Allbery <address@hidden> writes:

> Dan Kegel <address@hidden> writes:
>> Kevin wrote:
>
>>> Can't locate object method "path" via package "Request" at
>>> /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 69, <GEN1> line 111.
>>> autoheader-2.58: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
>>> autoconf
>>> Can't locate object method "path" via package "Request" at
>>> /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 69, <GEN1> line 111.
>
>> You're not alone.  Lots of people are running into this.
>> Looks like this is a common stumbling block.
>
>> This is odd because "path" is right there in Autom4te/Request.pm,
>> at least in my copy of autoconf-2.59.
>
> The above error message indicates Perl is looking for Request::path, not
> for Autom4te::Request::path.  Why, I have no idea.

That can happen if you have a stale cache (ie. generated by an older
version).

Andreas.

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