Re: Problem using cygwin autoconf

[Brad Bell <bradbell at seanet dot com>]

> 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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