Go see the tutorials on http://osx.topicdesk.com/
If you're like me, you hosed your system trying to upgrade. You may have to wipe the disk and re-install OSX. The TopicDesk tutorials are great! On Mon, June 4, 2007 5:04 pm, Matthew Hardy wrote: > I am trying to upgrade to spamassassin 3.2.0 from 3.1.8, with my > operating > system being Mac OS X, v 10.4.9. The install failed when running cpan, > despite an earlier successful installation. The following is a part of > the script file of the terminal output during the cpan session. It > indicates a problem with Net::DNS. > At the end of this message, I am attaching cpan session record of my > attempt to install Net::DNS. > There seemed to be multiple problems. In particular, the > MIME::Base64 is 3.05, whereas it > should be 3.07. I would be grateful for advice on how to rectify. > When I looked at MIME::Base64, > here is what I found -- > > cpan> install MIME::Base64 > CPAN: Storable loaded ok > Going to read /Users/hardy/.cpan/Metadata > Database was generated on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:10:03 GMT > MIME::Base64 is up to date (3.07). > > > hardy> spamassassin -V > SpamAssassin version 3.1.8 > running on Perl version 5.8.6 > > checking module dependencies and their versions... > > ************************************************************************ > *** > ERROR: the required Net::DNS (version 0.34) module is not installed. > at lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/DependencyInfo.pm line 293, <STDIN> > line 1. > > Used for all DNS-based tests (SBL, XBL, SpamCop, DSBL, etc.), > perform MX checks, and is also used when manually reporting spam to > SpamCop. > > You need to make sure the Net::DNS version is sufficiently up-to- > date: > > - version 0.34 or higher on Unix systems > - version 0.46 or higher on Windows systems > > > ************************************************************************ > *** > NOTE: the optional MIME::Base64 module is installed, > but is not an up-to-date version. > > This module is highly recommended to increase the speed with which > Base64 encoded messages/mail parts are decoded. > > > ************************************************************************ > *** > Text deleted. > ************************************************************************ > *** > > REQUIRED module missing: Net::DNS > optional module out of date: MIME::Base64 > optional module missing: Mail::SPF > optional module missing: Mail::SPF::Query > optional module missing: Net::Ident > optional module missing: Mail::DomainKeys > optional module missing: Mail::DKIM > optional module missing: LWP::UserAgent > optional module missing: HTTP::Date > optional module missing: Encode::Detect > > warning: some functionality may not be available, > please read the above report before continuing! > > Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL] > Failed during this command: > JMASON/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.0.tar.gz : writemakefile NO '/ > usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL' returned status 256 > > cpan> quit > Lockfile removed. > hardy> exit > Script done on Mon Jun 4 19:10:33 2007 > > Output from attempted Net::DNS install follows. > > Running install for module Net::DNS > Running make for O/OL/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.59.tar.gz > CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok > CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok > Checksum for /Users/hardy/.cpan/sources/authors/id/O/OL/OLAF/Net- > DNS-0.59.tar.gz ok > Scanning cache /Users/hardy/.cpan/build for sizes > Deleting from cache: /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.0 > (100.9>100.0 MB) > > Removing previously used /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Net-DNS-0.59 > > CPAN.pm: Going to build O/OL/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.59.tar.gz > > Testing if you have a C compiler and the needed header files.... > You have a working compiler. > > You appear to be directly connected to the Internet. I have some tests > that try to query live nameservers. > > Do you want to enable these tests? [y] y > Checking if your kit is complete... > Looks good > Warning: prerequisite MIME::Base64 2.11 not found. > Writing Makefile for Net::DNS > CPAN: YAML loaded ok > > cc -c -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno- > strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -Os -DVERSION=\"0.59\" - > DXS_VERSION=\"0.59\" "-I/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread- > multi-2level/CORE" netdns.c > ar cr netdns.a netdns.o > /usr/bin/ar ts netdns.a > __.SYMDEF SORTED > netdns.o > /usr/bin/perl /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap / > System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/ExtUtils/typemap DNS.xs > DNS.xsc && mv > DNS.xsc DNS.c > cc -c -g -pipe -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -fno- > strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -Os -DVERSION=\"0.59\" - > DXS_VERSION=\"0.59\" "-I/System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread- > multi-2level/CORE" DNS.c > Running Mkbootstrap for Net::DNS () > chmod 644 DNS.bs > rm -f blib/arch/auto/Net/DNS/DNS.bundle > env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc -bundle -undefined > dynamic_lookup -L/usr/local/lib DNS.o -o blib/arch/auto/Net/DNS/ > DNS.bundle netdns.a \ > \ > > chmod 755 blib/arch/auto/Net/DNS/DNS.bundle > cp DNS.bs blib/arch/auto/Net/DNS/DNS.bs > chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Net/DNS/DNS.bs > > /usr/bin/make -- OK > Running make test > PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" > "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t > > MIME::Base64 object version 3.05 does not match bootstrap parameter > 3.07 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/ > XSLoader.pm line 91. > # Compilation failed in require at /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Net- > DNS-0.59/blib/lib/Net/DNS/RR/CERT.pm line 13. > # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Net- > DNS-0.59/blib/lib/Net/DNS/RR/CERT.pm line 13. > # Compilation failed in require at (eval 25) line 3. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at t/00- > load.t line 44. > > MIME::Base64 object version 3.05 does not match bootstrap parameter > 3.07 at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/ > XSLoader.pm line 91. > Compilation failed in require at /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Net- > DNS-0.59/blib/lib/Net/DNS/RR/CERT.pm line 13. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Users/hardy/.cpan/build/Net- > DNS-0.59/blib/lib/Net/DNS/RR/CERT.pm line 13. > > > > > -- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. 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