Better "Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC" error documentation

Subject: Re: perl 5.004_01 query: did something change relating to IO::Handle

In article <1997Jun23.211618.2091741@hmivax>,
Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> I *thought* I corrected this message a year or two ago...  The patch
> was probably lost, but it is very easy to restore it:
>
> Best, Ilya
>
> --- ./pod/perldiag.pod.old	Mon Jun  9 17:11:58 1997
> +++ ./pod/perldiag.pod	Mon Jun 23 18:14:30 1997
> @@ -611,6 +611,12 @@
>  localize a package variable of the same name, qualify it with the
>  package name.
>
> +=item Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC
> +
> +(F) A function (or method) was called in a package which allows autoload,
> +but there is no function to autoload.  Most probable cause is a misprint
> +in a function/method name.
> +
>  =item Can't locate %s in @INC
>
>  (F) You said to do (or require, or use) a file that couldn't be found

I think the following variant may be even better:

p5p-msgid: 1997Jun24.195847.2091744@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 409aa21..1badf36 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -628,6 +628,13 @@ lexical variable using "my".  This is not allowed.  If you want to
 localize a package variable of the same name, qualify it with the
 package name.
 
+=item Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC
+
+(F) A function (or method) was called in a package which allows autoload,
+but there is no function to autoload.  Most probable causes are a misprint
+in a function/method name or a failure to C<AutoSplit> the file, say, by
+doing C<make install>.
+
 =item Can't locate %s in @INC
 
 (F) You said to do (or require, or use) a file that couldn't be found