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Nomethoderror (undefined method `finder’) with engines and Rails 2.2

Fix the NoMethodError with ActionMailer in Rails 2.2 by applying a simple patch. Save time and troubleshoot efficiently with our guide.

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I was getting this error with Rails 2.2 when using ActionMailer.

NoMethodError (undefined method 'finder' for #<ActionView::Base:0x34146fc>)

It stems from a line in engines/lib/engines/rails_extensions/action_mailer.rb

This is some problem between Rails 2.2 and Engines. Reinstalling engines didn’t seem to help.

Simply put, you need to go here and apply this patch:

http://github.com/lazyatom/engines/commit/499ce3b0480d8fa9375203f5efcadb8cf6ea9efe

This took me hours to figure out. I don’t know why there isn’t any more help on this problem.

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