SOLVED in 7.2: Perl problems on FreeBSD (again)

[Johan Hendriks]

>So I've upgraded to 7.2 to see if that makes a difference and followed 
>this upgrade procedure. Still I'm getting this recurring Perl problem 
>whereby custom functions could not be required :(

That is a me too also.
Also on a fresh install I have these problems.

Could it be something in the config file.
Do we (the not working configs) have options set that the working ones
do not have or visa versa.

regards,
Johan Hendriks


Jose Amengual M wrote:
>> Hi Guys.
>>
>> I saw some emails about perl 5.10.1 giving errors when running 
>> mailscanner, I had the same problem and I follow the instructions 
>> below but it din't work for me, but finally after 2 days of work I 
>> found the solution!!!.
>>
>> This is working 7.2 should work on 8.0.
>>
>> if you have already mailscanner installed don't worry, portupgrade
can 
>> do all the job for you :).
>>
>> 1.- Remove old perl version :
>> pkg_info|grep perl ( copy the exact name of you perl version like 
>> perl5.10.1 )
>> pkg_delete -f perl5.10.1
>>
>> 2.- Install old perl.
>> pkg_add -r 
>>
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.2-release/lang/
perl-5.10.0_2.tbz 
>>
>>
>> 3.- Clean up any work directory
>> portsclean -C
>>
>> 4.- Update pkgdb add upgrade any perl package
>> pkgdb -Ff
>> portupgrade -fr perl ( this is going to upgrade everything that uses 
>> perl including mailscanner).
>> perl-after-upgrade && perl-after-upgrade -f
>>
>> After that the error was gone and everything was working fine.
>>
>> I was in the process of deciding of going towards mailscanner or 
>> amavisd-new and I decided to use mailscanner because was easier to 
>> configure and I expend 2 days fixing a problem with perl that I
didn't 
>> have on amavis :).
>>
>> I hope this help.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jose Amengual.
>>
>

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