[Catalyst] "Global $r object is not available" error

[Matt S Trout]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 05:22:12PM -0700, Bowei Chi wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
>  
> 
> I'm configuring apache mod_perl to work with Catalyst according to the
> cookbook, but this error showed up when I restarts apache.  It occurs
> when my catalyst application tries to start up by calling
> "__PACKAGE__->setup;"
> 
>  
> 
> [error] Global $r object is not available. Set:
> 
> PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
> 
> in httpd.conf at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/CGI.pm line 361.
> 
> Compilation failed in require at (eval 2) line 3.

Hrm. Catalyst under mod_perl shouldn't need CGI - Catalyst itself uses
CGI::Simple.

So I think the problem is something you've loaded, not Catalyst core.

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