Interesting Error - Can't use string ("1909") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use

[Ian McDonald]

Drew Marshall wrote:
> 
> On 6 Mar 2009, at 19:55, Julian Field wrote:
> 
>> If it's complaining that int(1909) cannot be used as an array ref, 
>> then there's not a whole lot I can do.
> 
> :-(
> 
>> You could try changing the line to
>>   while (${@{$body}}[int(scalar(@{$body})-1)+0] !~ /^\s*$/) {
>> (i.e. add a "+0" to it) but there really isn't much more I can do.
>> Try the +0 and let me know if it helps at all.
> 
> Can't use string ("18") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at 
> /usr/share/MailScanner//MailScanner/PFDiskStore.pm line 509.
> 
>> This is a nasty Perl bug.
> 
> :-((
> 
> Am I the only MailScanner user who has tried to get MS working on 
> Unbuntu 8.10 Server? If so, then it's broken and don't bother trying it. 
> If not, then my install is borked (Which at least is better as I can fix 
> that!).
> 
> Drew

Is anyone seeing this on Lenny? We're pretty close to moving our MX's 
over to it.

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ian