Problem using cygwin autoconf
Brad Bell
bradbell@seanet.com
Mon Nov 1 18:41:00 GMT 2004
> Brad Bell wrote:
>
>> Recently (today) I installed the current version of Cygwin from
>> mirrors.kernel.org
>> Now I am having trouble using the autoconf and automake tools under
>> cygwin.
>> To be specific, In response to the command
>> autoconf
>> I get the error message
>> Can't locate object method "path" via package "Request" at
>> /usr/autotool/devel/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm
>> line 69, <GEN1> line 214.
>> I get a similar error message in response to the aclocal and
>> autoheader commands.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions as to how I should proceed to resolve
>> this problem ?
>>
I found the solution to this problem on the web page
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-06/msg00047.html
To be specific, in my case I had to delete the file
autom4te.cache
It appears that the autoconf and automake tools use files of the form
'*.cache'
that are stored in the users directories. When a new versions of these tools
are installed, the '*.cache' files corresponding to the old versions
should be deleted.
These are not automatically deleted when the old versions are uninstalled,
because they are in the users directory.
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