Mailscanner not working after update on Fedora 8

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Nov 12 20:02:47 GMT 2007


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Ben Hambleton wrote:
> Mail is coming and going finaly. Thank you all so much for your help 
> with this. 
>
> May I bother you with one more issue? When I look into the maillog 
> file I keep seeing this before each message that is delivered:
>
> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
> Nov 12 14:46:12 MailScanner[6535]: ERROR: Not supported data format
>
> Any idea what this means? Is the virus scanner I am using, clamav, not 
> working?
> Thank you again,
> Ben
>
> On Nov 12, 2007 1:58 PM, Ben Hambleton < hambleto at gmail.com 
> <mailto:hambleto at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I found the debug command in the Mailscanner.conf file enabled
>     that and started. I did not recieve any errors.  I took a look and
>     it seemed that i did not have any spamassin installed. I installed
>     that (not enabled, just installed) started mailscanner again.
>     Still no inbound mail it seems..
>
>
>
>     On Nov 12, 2007 1:52 PM, UxBoD <uxbod at splatnix.net
>     <mailto:uxbod at splatnix.net>> wrote:
>
>         /etc/init.d/MailScanner stop
>         MailScanner --debug
>
>         may need the path but not sure on Fedora, sorry.  Are there
>         any error messages in /var/log/maillog ?
>
>         Regards,
>
>         --[ UxBoD ]--
>         // PGP Key: "curl -s https://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg
>         --import"
>         // Fingerprint: C759 8F52 1D17 B3C5 5854  36BD 1FB1 B02F 5DB5 687B
>         // Keyserver: www.keyserver.net <http://www.keyserver.net>
>         Key-ID: 0x5DB5687B
>         // Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: uxbod at sip.splatnix.net
>         <mailto:uxbod at sip.splatnix.net>
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: "Ben Hambleton" < hambleto at gmail.com
>         <mailto:hambleto at gmail.com>>
>         To: "MailScanner discussion"
>         <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>         <mailto:mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>>
>         Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:40:07 PM (GMT) Europe/London
>         Subject: Re: Mailscanner not working after update on Fedora 8
>
>
>         How would I do that? I normaly just start it using the
>         /etc/init.d/Mailscanner
>
>
>         I noticed in the /var/log/maillog I get thefollowing over and
>         over again:
>
>
>
>         Nov 12 13:36:30 sendmail[2699]: alias database /etc/aliases
>         rebuilt by
>         Nov 12 13:36:30 sendmail[2699]: /etc/aliases: 79 aliases,
>         longest 10 bytes, 787 bytes total
>         Nov 12 13:36:30 sendmail[2707]: starting daemon ( 8.14.1): SMTP
>         Nov 12 13:36:30 sm-msp-queue[2711]: starting daemon (8.14.1):
>         queueing at 00:15:00
>         Nov 12 13:36:30 sendmail[2715]: starting daemon (8.14.1):
>         queueing at 00 :15:00
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>         Scanner version 4.65.3 starting...
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: Read 797 hostnames from the
>         phishing whitelist
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: Read 4516 hostnames from
>         the phishing blacklist
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: SpamAssassin temporary
>         working directory is
>         /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: Using SpamAssassin results
>         cache
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: Connected to SpamAssassin
>         cache database
>         Nov 12 13:36:32 MailScanner[2734]: Enabling SpamAssassin
>         auto-whitelist functionality...
>
>
>         It looks like the server keeps starting up over and over.
>
>
>         On Nov 12, 2007 1:36 PM, UxBoD < uxbod at splatnix.net
>         <mailto:uxbod at splatnix.net> > wrote:
>
>
>         stop MS and invoke it with --debug to see what it is doing
>
>         Regards,
>
>         --[ UxBoD ]--
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>         --import"
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>         Key-ID: 0x5DB5687B
>         // Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: uxbod at sip.splatnix.net
>         <mailto:uxbod at sip.splatnix.net>
>
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         From: "Ben Hambleton" < hambleto at gmail.com
>         <mailto:hambleto at gmail.com> >
>         To: "MailScanner discussion" <
>         mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>         <mailto:mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info> >
>         Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:26:38 PM (GMT) Europe/London
>         Subject: Re: Mailscanner not working after update on Fedora 8
>
>
>
>
>
>
>         Thank you again!
>
>         I tried what you suggested (and did a yum install of the the
>         files listed in the /var/tmp). I started mailscanner and it
>         started right up. However, I am not seeing any mail going
>         through the server. When I do a ps -A I see alot of:
>         MailScanner <defunct>. With my luck, I just broke more things...
>
>
>
>         On Nov 12, 2007 12:55 PM, Damon Lambooy <
>         damon at txmail.marinocrane.com
>         <mailto:damon at txmail.marinocrane.com> > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>         Ben Hambleton wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>         Thank you again. Below is what I am getting for each of them.
>         If you want I could post the entire build log:
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/IO/InnerFile.pm
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/IO/AtomicFile.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/IO-stringy-2.108
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-IO-stringy-root' in installed files;
>         aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44610 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44610 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/MIME/Base64.pmX'
>         = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/MIME-Base64-3.07
>         extracting debug info from
>         /var/tmp/perl-MIME-Base64-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/MIME/Base64/Base64.so
>         47 blocks
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-MIME-Base64-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-MIME-Base64-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-MIME-Base64-root' in installed files;
>         aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.29594 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.29594 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Date/Parse.pm
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Time/Zone.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/TimeDate-1.16
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-TimeDate-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-TimeDate-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-TimeDate-root' in installed files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.69269 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.69269 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/Mailer.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/MailTools-1.71
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-MailTools-1.71-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-
>         MailTools-1.71-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-MailTools-1.71-1-root ' in installed
>         files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.67960 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.67960 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/MIME/Body.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/MIME-tools-5.420
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-MIME-tools-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into:
>         /var/tmp/perl-MIME-tools-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-MIME-tools-root' in installed files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.28048 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.28048 (%install)
>
>
>
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Compress- Zlib-1.41
>         extracting debug info from
>         /var/tmp/perl-Compress-Zlib-1.41-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.so
>
>         987 blocks
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-Compress-Zlib-1.41-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into:
>         /var/tmp/perl-Compress-Zlib-1.41-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8>
>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl- Compress-Zlib-1.41-1-root' in installed
>         files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.21292 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm- tmp.21292 (%install)
>
>
>
>         Test returned status 9 (wstat 2304, 0x900)
>         t/testUpdate........Use of uninitialized value in
>         concatenation (.) or string at
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Scalar/Util.pm
>         line 30.
>         is only avaliable with the XS version at
>         /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9
>         BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>         /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9.
>         Compilation failed in require at
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Archive-
>         Zip-1.16/blib/lib/Archive/Zip.pm line 24.
>         BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Archive-Zip-1.16/blib/lib/Archive/Zip.pm
>         line 24.
>         Compilation failed in require at t/testUpdate.t line 11.
>         BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/testUpdate.t line 11.
>         t/testUpdate........dubious
>         Test returned status 9 (wstat 2304, 0x900)
>         Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
>         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         t/00.load.t 2 512 2 2 100.00% 1-2
>         t/test.t 9 2304 ?? ?? % ??
>         t/testMemberRead.t 9 2304 ?? ?? % ??
>         t/testTree.t 9 2304 ?? ?? % ??
>         t/testUpdate.t 9 2304 ?? ?? % ??
>         t/testex.t 9 2304 ?? ?? % ??
>         1 test skipped.
>         Failed 6/7 test scripts, 14.29% okay. 2/2 subtests failed,
>         0.00% okay.
>         make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 9
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.96343 (%build)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm- tmp.96343 (%build)
>
>
>
>         t/utf8hash............ok
>         t/weak................Weak references are not implemented in
>         the version of perl at t/weak.t line 28
>         BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/weak.t line 33.
>         t/weak................dubious
>         Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
>         Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
>         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>         t/weak.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ??
>         1 test skipped.
>         Failed 1/32 test scripts, 96.88% okay. 0/2190 subtests failed,
>         100.00% okay.
>         make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.3943 (%build)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.3943 (%build)
>
>
>
>         + '[' '/usr/share/man/man3/Time::HiRes.3pm.gz
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.bs
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Time/HiRes.pmX' =
>         X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Time-
>         HiRes-1.9707
>         extracting debug info from
>         /var/tmp/perl-Time-HiRes-1.9707-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so
>         180 blocks
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-Time-HiRes-1.9707-1-root
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-Time-HiRes-1.9707-1-root /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-Time-HiRes-1.9707-1-root' in installed
>         files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.6740 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.6740 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Test/Harness/Assert.pm
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Test/Harness/TAP.pod
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Test/Harness/Point.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Test-Harness-2.64
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-Test-Harness-2.64-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl- Test-Harness-2.64-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl-Test-Harness-2.64-1-root' in installed
>         files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.42245 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm- tmp.42245 (%install)
>
>
>
>         /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Test/Builder/Module.pmX' = X ']'
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/find-debuginfo.sh
>         /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Test-Simple-0.70
>         find: debug: No such file or directory
>         + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot
>         /var/tmp/perl-Test-Simple-0.70-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod:C<installed
>         into: /var/tmp/perl-Test-Simple-0.70-1-root/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8>
>         Found '/var/tmp/perl- Test-Simple-0.70-1-root' in installed
>         files; aborting
>         error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86151 (%install)
>
>
>
>
>         RPM build errors:
>         Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.86151 (%install)
>
>         On Nov 12, 2007 12:17 PM, Richard Siddall <
>         richard.siddall at elirion.net
>         <mailto:richard.siddall at elirion.net> > wrote:
>
>
>
>         Ben Hambleton wrote:
>         >
>         > As far as the build data. I get that error for each of the
>         modules listed in
>         > the /var/tmp folder.
>         >
>
>         OK. It sounds like the build script can't build any of the RPMs.
>
>         It would help if you'd post the actual error, and a bit of the
>         build
>         output just before the error.
>
>
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Richard Siddall
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>
>         perl -MCPAN -e shell
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>         force install Scalar::Util
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>         then restart MailScanner
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