Re: Missing perl modules needed by spamassassin-3.1.0

[Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Warren Togami wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
>
> > Warren Togami wrote:
> >
> > > Anybody have made their own personal perl module package for any of 
> > > these?
> > >
> > > Warren Togami
> > > wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > *************************************************************************** 
> > >
> > > NOTE: the optional Mail::SPF::Query module is not installed.
> > >
> > >   Used to check DNS Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records to fight email
> > >   address forgery and make it easier to identify spams.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes: http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/perl-modules/SRPMS/
> >
> > Would need some cleaning up for inclusion in Core/Extras. Not a big 
> > job. Would also need some other dependency modules to be done.
> >
> > perl(Net::CIDR::Lite)
> > perl(Net::DNS) >= 0.46 for distros with older versions
>
>
> Be very careful about perl-Net-DNS.  I've seen lots of complaining on 
> spamassassin lists about the latest version(s) being reportedly broken.

I know (though as a spamassassin user myself now, I haven't actually 
noticed any issues with 0.52).

Mail::SPF::Query does have an explicit dependency on perl(Net::DNS) >= 
0.46 though, and FC < 3 have older versions than that.

Paul.