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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Alan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Try:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>use EPrints::Plugin::Screen::MyPlugin::Stuff;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>sub EPrints::Plugin::Screen::MyPlugin::Stuff::method_name<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>{<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> print ‘2’;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…in your cfg.d file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk> on behalf of "Alan.Stiles" <alan.stiles@open.ac.uk><br><b>Reply-To: </b><eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:12<br><b>To: </b>"eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk" <eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk><br><b>Subject: </b>[EP-tech] Overriding subroutines<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>I’m currently trying to override a subroutine from a plugin module, by redefining it in the local cfg.d file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>So<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><EPRINTS_ROOT>/lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/Screen/MyPlugin/Stuff.pm <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>has <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>package EPrints::Plugin::Screen::MyPlugin::Stuff;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>sub method_name { print 1;}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>and in <EPRINTS_ROOT>/archives/<MY_ARCHIVE>/cfg/cfg.d/zzz_stuff_plugin_local.pl I have<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>package EPrints::Plugin::Screen::MyPlugin::Stuff;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>sub method_name { print 2;}<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>when I restart the server I get the print 1; statement. If I change the subroutine name in the plugin (under lib/plugins….) then restart the server I get the print 2; statement so it appears to be loading the plugin after the local version? I thought these happened the other way round?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Alan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>-- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). The Open University is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its secondary activity of credit broking. *** Options: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ *** EPrints developers Forum: http://forum.eprints.org/ <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>