[Mimedefang] MIMEDefang 2.68 panic: top_env problems

- kd6lvw at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 25 04:55:28 EST 2010


--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Matt Smith <matt at coolchilli.com> wrote:
> I upgraded to MD 2.68 (from 2.61, I missed a few!).
> After checking the Changelog for incompatibilities, I thought it should
> be a smooth upgrade.
> 
> However, after installing and firing it up, I kept receiving the error:
> "all slaves are busy", ...
> 
> I ended up downgrading to 2.67, and with my original filter, it worked
> without fault or change.
> I have noticed that the MD pre-requisites spec Perl 5.8.9, and I'm
> running 5.8.8, but I wouldn't have thought such a minor revision would
> have had an effect?
> 
> I know this is an old system, due to be retired, but it's working for
> now ;)
>
> ...
> Anomy::HTMLCleaner            : missing
> Archive::Zip                  : Version 1.16
> Digest::SHA1                  : Version 2.11
> HTML::Parser                  : Version 3.54
> HTML::TokeParser              : Version 2.37
> IO::Socket                    : Version 1.29
> IO::Stringy                   : Version 2.110  * Current
> MIME::Base64                  : Version 3.07
> MIME::Tools                   : Version 5.420
> MIME::Words                   : Version 5.420
> Mail::Mailer                  : Version 1.74
> Mail::SpamAssassin            : Version 3.002004
> Net::DNS                      : Version 0.57
> Unix::Syslog                  : missing

Even if you choose not to upgrade perl itself (to version 5.10.1), you should really run:

   perl -MCPAN -e upgrade

Current versions of the CPAN utilities mentioned:

Anomy::HTMLCleaner            : Version 1.26
Archive::Zip                  : Version 1.30
Digest::SHA1                  : Version 2.12
HTML::Parser                  : Version 3.64
HTML::TokeParser              : Version 3.57
IO::Socket                    : Version 1.31
IO::Stringy                   : Version 2.110
MIME::Base64                  : Version 3.09
MIME::Tools                   : Version 5.427
MIME::Words                   : Version 5.427
Mail::Mailer                  : Version 2.06
Mail::SpamAssassin            : Version 3.003000
Net::DNS                      : Version 0.66
Unix::Syslog                  : Version 1.1

The fact that you aren't using the most current modules could also be part of your problem.




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