When Chooser.pm fails to load a plugin all it prints is: Module loading error: That is, it does not print the reason why it failed to load the plugin. The reason for this is that '$@' gets clobbered at some time between the error and when if finally gets printed. Storing it in an intermediate variable solves the issue. Changelog: * lib/Locale/Po4a/Chooser.pm Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)codeweavers.com&gt; Store '$@' in an intermediate variable so it does not get clobbered before we report the plugin-load error. -- Francois Gouget fgouget(a)codeweavers.com Index: lib/Locale/Po4a/Chooser.pm =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/po4a/po4a/lib/Locale/Po4a/Chooser.pm,v retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -p -r1.25 Chooser.pm --- lib/Locale/Po4a/Chooser.pm 27 Feb 2005 23:32:02 -0000 1.25 +++ lib/Locale/Po4a/Chooser.pm 24 May 2005 17:45:50 -0000 @@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ sub new { if (! UNIVERSAL::can("Locale::Po4a::$modname", 'new')) { eval qq{use Locale::Po4a::$modname}; if ($@) { + my $error=$@; warn wrap_msg(gettext("Unknown format type: %s."), $module); warn wrap_mod("po4a::chooser", - gettext("Module loading error: %s"), $@) + gettext("Module loading error: %s"), $error) if defined $options{'verbose'} && $options{'verbose'} > 0; list(1); }