Issue after CentOS upgrade to 5.4 using yum/rpm for perl modules

[Jason Ede]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Edward Prendergast
> Sent: 02 November 2009 12:10
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Issue after CentOS upgrade to 5.4 using yum/rpm for perl
> modules
> 
> Hi,
> 
> After having upgraded to CentOS 5.4 I'm seeing the following errors
> from
> MailScanner:
> 
> [root at server8 MailScanner]# MailScanner --version
>  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 24.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Archive/Zip.pm line 24.
> 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 108.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 108.
> 
> I tried upgrading to the latest version of MailScanner
> (MailScanner-4.78.17-1 installed from MailScanner-4.78.17-
> 1.rpm.tar.gz's
> install.sh) but this hasn't resolved the issue.
> 
> After yum upgrades downgrading perl packages below the minimum version
> requirement for MailScanner my process to fix has usually been:
> 
> 1) Identify problem packages from MailScanner errors
> 2) Add these to yum exclude list
> 3) Reinstall MailScanner stable and allow it to force the packages back
> up to the right version
> 
> As shown above this approach hasn't worked this time.
> 
> Thanks,
> Edward

Obtain a rpm of latest Scalar::Utils and install that... Will then be fine.

Jason