[juneau-lug] Re: perl-DB_file and fedora core 1
- From: Justin Burket <zorton@xxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:13:59 -0900
I think a distinction that should be made here is the difference
between perl libs and system level libs. Two different beasts.
Oftentimes distributions will package the more common set of perl
libraries (or perl mod's if you will) but you can always install via
CPAN, which IMHO is the better method as CPAN oftentimes will install
the most up to date modules out there. On Debian systems they live in a
number of spots but stock installed modules will be in
/usr/share/perl/$perlversion. On this system my libs are scattered
between /System/Library/Perl/$perlversion/ and
/Library/Perl/$perlversion and /sw/lib/perl/$perlversion. The nice
thing about CPAN is I suspect it has some detection routines built in
to figure out how your system is setup. The upshot of which is that it
runs the same not matter which system you run it on. System level libs
are maintained by the linker and are used on binaries like /bin/bash
and the like and live in the usuall spots like /usr/lib /lib
/usr/X11R6/lib and the like. However since I suspect that SpamAssasin
was written in perl it will likely have a few perl modules it needs to
run.
Justin
On Feb 28, 2004, at 11:58 PM, Stephen wrote:
> I may have made a typo...I'll check when I get back over in the AM.
>
> The good news is that I installed perl-DB_file from CPAN as you
> suggested, and Spam Assasin built and installed with no errors. It
> also correctly parsed the test files.
>
> So i'm getting pretty close...just have to get the DNS servers up
> and all the MX references pointing our way and I can give it a test
> drive - Qmail on Fedora Core 1.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Stephen
>
>> That's because the symlinks don't go that way, take a look at libdb
>> on my
>> system. You'll notice a bit of a difference. (i.e. your symlinks
>> look
>> reversed)
>>
>> circle:/usr/lib# ls -la libdb*
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb-3.2.so
>> ->
>> libdb3.so.3.0.2
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb-3.so ->
>> libdb3.so.3.0.2
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 678256 Sep 14 02:03 libdb-4.0.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789512 Jan 10 21:33 libdb-4.1.so
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 876584 Feb 5 14:33 libdb-4.2.so
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 18 21:41 libdb.so ->
>> /lib/libdb2.so.2
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 425008 Dec 22 10:55 libdb2.a
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 18 21:41 libdb2.so ->
>> /lib/libdb2.so.2
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 18 21:44 libdb2.so.2 ->
>> libdb.so
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 19 04:12 libdb3.so.3 ->
>> libdb3.so.3.0.2
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642472 Jun 16 2003
>> libdb3.so.3.0.2
>> circle:/usr/lib#
>>
>> -Myron
>>
>>> Thanks for the great tips. I'll try CPAN but I'm still a bit worried
>>> about the lib issue. Seems there were some tweaks in different
>>> versions
>>> right around perl-DB_file 1.8.
>>>
>>> How does one update the shared lib list? I ran ldconfig, but it
>>> doesn't
>>> pick up the soft link I have set /usr/lib/libdb-4.0.so ->
>>> /usr/lib/libdb.so
>>> My brain is a bit foggy, haven't done this in a while.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> When your favorite distribution of choice package system fails for
>>>> perl,
>>>> try using cpan :)
>>>>
>>>> perl -MCPAN -e shell
>>>> cpan> install DB_File
>>>>
>>>> debian(my preferred distribution of choice... STILL :) ) has a lot
>>>> of
>>>> packages and I always try and get it from there first, but...
>>>> sometimes
>>>> it
>>>> just doesn't work out so I always use cpan to install the package
>>>> later.
>>>>
>>>> There are other packages you need as well, I recommend using
>>>> qmail-scanner
>>>> over the old amavis version (I haven't tried the new amavis version
>>>> though
>>>> :) so it may be that amavis has gotten better.
>>>>
>>>> Also install clamav as well, a free open-source virus scanner.
>>>>
>>>> Also w/ you install spamassassin I consider it a MUST to install a
>>>> spam
>>>> ruler updater (you can grab one at my site http://vchkpw.xyxx.com),
>>>> it
>>>> has
>>>> a bunch of junk there and you should be able to find a script there
>>>> as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> The other one I install for spamassassin is bogus-virus-warnings.cf
>>>> http://www.timj.co.uk/linux/bogus-virus-warnings.cf
>>>>
>>>> anyway just a couple of ideas :)
>>>>
>>>> -Myron
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings all - I decided to try the qmail install on a clean
>>>>> Fedora
>>>>> core
>>>>> 1
>>>>> install instead of trying the RedHat 8.0 upgrade path (ya, I
>>>>> know,
>>>>> live
>>>>> dangerous!).
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the detailed and very good timekiller.org instructions, I
>>>>> find
>>>>> one of the packages, I believe Spam Assasin, calling for
>>>>> perl-DB_file.
>>>>> This doesn't exist in Fedora, though it did in the older RedHat
>>>>> 8. I
>>>>> can find various versions of it on the web, but it fails to
>>>>> install
>>>>> because it can't find libdb-4.0.so. Fedora has libdb-4.1.so, and
>>>>> even
>>>>> linking it to the older name won't allow perl-DB_install to
>>>>> correctly
>>>>> install.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Has perl-DB_file been deprecated?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Stephen
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