MailScanner ANNOUNCE: stable 4.67.6 released

[Ray Curtis]

Mike W wrote:
> I'm a non-guru, so please let me know when I've made a mistake.
> 
> I've been unable to get MailScanner to use any anti-virus except for ClamAV.
> 
> With that in mind, I deleted MS 4.66.5-3 and downloaded 4.67.6.
> 
> I got compile failure in two  modules. perl-Archive-Zip and
> Perl-Storable. Install.sh continued and appeared to install
> MailScanner.  However, at runtime I get the following error:
> 
> [root at cygni MailScanner-4.67.6-1]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner restart
> Shutting down MailScanner daemons:
>          MailScanner:                                      [FAILED]
>          incoming sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
>          outgoing sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
> Waiting for MailScanner to die gracefully  dead.
> Starting MailScanner daemons:
>          incoming sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
>          outgoing sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
>          MailScanner:        is only avaliable with the XS version at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Compress/Zlib.pm line 9.
> Compilation failed in require at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Archive/Zip.pm line 11.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Archive/Zip.pm line 11.
> Compilation failed in require at
> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Message.pm line 48.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Message.pm line 48.
> Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 80.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 80.
>                                                            [  OK  ]
> 
> I downloaded perl-Archive-Zip from the Fedora site, re-ran the install
> script and still have the same errors.  Running install.sh -nodeps makes
> no change.
> 
> So, I uninstalled 4.67 and re-ran the 4.65 install script and now it
> fails as well.  Obviously I now have a perl conflict but I'm unsure with
> which module.  Even with the latest per-Archive-Zip-1.16.1.2.1 from the
> Fedora site, the install.sh script still trying to compile a new version.
> 
> Anyone point me toward fixing this other than backing out perl and
> starting all over again?
> 
> Mike W
> 

I'm not an expert at this, but it appears to me that you have the wrong
copy of both these rpms, maybe a newer copy since its Fedora.

perl-Compress-Zlib
perl-Archieve-Tar

than the ones that come with the latest version of MailScanner.


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Ray Curtis
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