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

[Edward Prendergast]

Jason Ede wrote:

<snip>
>> 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

Thanks for the response.

Scalar::Util now appears to be included in perl core (see below) which 
means I get transaction errors if I try to install it again (via yum 
install perl-Scalar-Util). What's the preferred method for handling 
this? Should I run yum localinstall perl-Scalar-Util and add it to the 
yum exclude list so it doesn't get removed in a subsequent update?

perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.21-1.el5.rf.i386 : Common Scalar and List 
utility subroutines
Repo        : rpmforge
Matched from:
Other       : perl(Scalar::Util)

perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.19-1.el5.rf.i386 : Common Scalar and List 
utility subroutines
Repo        : rpmforge
Matched from:
Other       : perl(Scalar::Util)

4:perl-5.8.8-27.el5.i386 : The Perl programming language
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Other       : perl(Scalar::Util)

4:perl-5.8.8-27.el5.i386 : The Perl programming language
Repo        : installed
Matched from:
Other       : Provides-match: perl(Scalar::Util)

Thanks,
Edward






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