Bug #86775 for Apache2-Dispatch: $log undefined -- calling _stat incorrectly?

We were getting errors with a clean build of Apache2-Dispatch-0.15: Can't call method "debug" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/Apache/Dispatch/Util.pm line 198 I noticed that _stat/_recurse_stat being called as a method (__PACKAGE__ -> stat(...) ) in Apache/Dispatch.pm and Apache2/Dispatch.pm but being called directly within Apache/Dispatch/Util.pm. I managed to make the module work again with the patch below. My knowledge of object oriented perl is shaky at best so my fix may be inappropriate: --- lib/Apache/Dispatch/Util.pm.orig 2013-07-08 15:05:29.000000000 +0100 +++ lib/Apache/Dispatch/Util.pm 2013-07-08 15:35:18.000000000 +0100 @@ -233,31 +233,32 @@ } sub _recurse_stat { #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # recurse through all the parent classes of the current class # and call _stat on each # this method is for internal use only #--------------------------------------------------------------------- + my $pkg = shift; my ($class, $log) = @_; - my $rc = _stat($class, $log); + my $rc = __PACKAGE__->_stat($class, $log); return unless $rc; # turn off strict here so we can get at the class @ISA no strict 'refs'; foreach my $package (@{"${class}::ISA"}) { - $rc = _recurse_stat($package, $log); + $rc = __PACKAGE__->_recurse_stat($package, $log); last unless $rc; } return $rc; } sub _set_ISA { #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # set the ISA array for the class As an aside, the _stat and _recurse_stat functions are passed an unused third "$debug" parameter in Apache/Dispatch.pm Thanks for the module Ian -- ======================================================================= Ian Crowther Tel: +44 1244 280390 Unit 108, 10th Avenue, IT manager , Comtek Fax: +44 1244 280390 Zone 3, Deeside Industrial Network Systems UK Ltd Park, CH5 2UA, Flintshire =======================================================================