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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:53:10 +0200
From:      "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl>
To:        <jasonh@DataIX.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Updating the "Mailscanner" port
Message-ID:  <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB0111BB@w2003s01.double-l.local>
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>> Johan Hendriks wrote:
>> >> Mike Jakubik wrote:
>> >>   =20
>> >>> On Mon, March 30, 2009 9:49 pm, Mark Linimon wrote:
>> >>> =20
>> >>>     =20
>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 09:04:30PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> >>>>   =20
>> >>>>       =20
>> >>>>> If the existing maintainer has disappeared, one option would be =
for
>> >>>>> you to take over maintainership: Upgrade mailscanner yourself =
and
>> >>>>> submit the upgrade as a PR that also transfers maintainership =
to
>> >>>>> youself.  If there's no response after about 2 weeks, the port =
is
>> >>>>>         =20
>> > yours.
>> > =20
>> >>>>>     =20
>> >>>>>         =20
>> >>>> Actually, there is a 2-week timeout on updates, but a 3-month
>> >>>>       =20
>> > timeout
>> > =20
>> >>>> on maintainer inactivity for transferring maintainership.  =
Vacations
>> >>>> can last more than 2 weeks :-)
>> >>>>   =20
>> >>>>       =20
>> >>> I've just submitted a patch that updates this port to the latest
>> >>>     =20
>> > version,
>> > =20
>> >>> perhaps we can squeeze it in before the freeze.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D137747
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks.
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list
>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports
>> >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to
>> >>>     =20
>> > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
> > =20
> >>> =20
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> >> I noticed a couple of things here. The 4.78.9 version is still =
listed
>> >>   =20
>> > as
>> > =20
>> >> Beta according to the MailScanner site, though the site may just =
not
>> >> have updated yet. Second, the patch submitted forces perl 5.10+ as =
a
>> >> requirement. I've seen nothing on the MailScanner site that says =
that
>> >> this is a requirement, and have had no problems myself using any =
of the
>> >>   =20
>> >
>> > =20
>> >> Beta versions with perl 5.8.9_3. Given that upgrading perl is not
>> >> something to be done lightly, I was wondering what issues people =
were
>> >> seeing that 5.10 fixed.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>   =20
>> >
>> > I am running quit a few Mailscanner servers, and they all failed =
under
>> > perl 5.8.9
>> > This was on FreeBSD 6.x, 7.x and 8-Current that time, when i =
switched to
>> > 5.10.x or back to 5.8.8 my problems went away.
>> >
>> > if you google on FreeBSD perl 5.8.9 and mailscanner there are a lot =
of
>> > people reporting issues.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Johan Hendriks

>> > =20
>> I do remember seeing these problems reported, but for the life of me, =
I
>> can not reproduce them. I use 5.8.9 in production, and get 20 to 40
>> thousand messages a day scanned without a problem. I am setting up a =
new
>> server, and I will try 5.10 on that and see how things go.
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>This is most likely the common problem. ports/UPDATING states:
>20090113:
>  AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5.8
>  AUTHOR: skv@FreeBSD.org

>  lang/perl5.8 has been updated to 5.8.9.  You should update everything
>  that depends on perl.  The easiest way to do that is to use
>  perl-after-upgrade script supplied with lang/perl5.8.  Please see its
>  manual page for details.

>Please check UPDATING after to follow up on any other updates for perl =
that you might have to perform.

>This explains why going back to 5.8.8 works for you.

>Best regards.

--
>Jason J. Hellenthal
>+1.616.403.8065
j>asonh@DataIX.net

Well i can assure you that that was not the case.
I did test it by going to 5.10, which worked, do all the things in =
/usr/ports/UPDATING.
Then going back to 5.8.9, it did not work.
Going back to 5.8.8 it did work.

I also did fresh installs on FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x  with the new perl =
5.8.9 at that time and MailScanner refused to work.
5.8.9. just did not work!=20
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here is the thread off that on the ports list
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-February/052959.htm=
l
I got an answer from someone who also had the same issue on a clean =
install.

So let MailScanner depend on 5.10.x is not a so bad in my opinion.
And if it is just a mailscanner server the update from 5.8.x to 5.10.x =
is not so bad to do.
I did it on all my systems and not one did fail. approx 20 with FreeBSD =
6.x, 7.x and 8-CURRENT at that time

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