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

[Jason Ede]

Get latest source code, build a rpm with rpmbuild and then install... I'm afraid don't know options offhand...

Jason

> -----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 13:28
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Issue after CentOS upgrade to 5.4 using yum/rpm for perl
> modules
> 
> 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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