sub read_conf {
    my $self = shift;
    my $conf_file = shift;
    local $/ = "\n";
    my $conf = Config::ApacheFormat->new();
    $conf->read($conf_file);
    ....
}

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Error in config file , line 1: unable to parse line at ....

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 perl -MMyPackage -e 'local $/;my $obj = MyPackge->new;$obj->read_conf("/path/to/conffile");'