Bug#769645: spampdArgument "0.80_2" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/AskDNS.pm

[Cédric Jeanneret]

Package: libnet-dns-perl
Version: 0.80.2-2
Severity: serious

Hello,

while installing a spamassassin/spampd on a Jessie, I get the following
error when spampd process starts:

root at eb7214b4c139:/# /etc/init.d/spampd start
[....] Starting spam checking proxy daemon: spampdArgument "0.80_2"
isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at
/usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/AskDNS.pm line 214.
Syslog err [Bad file descriptor] at
/usr/share/perl5/Net/Server/Log/Sys/Syslog.pm line 61.

After some researches, it seems the libnet-dns-perl provided package
isn't a stable release:

http://spamassassin.1065346.n5.nabble.com/Bug-7095-New-Don-t-assume-versions-are-numeric-td112573.html

Thus, in the current situation, we're unable to get a working spampd on
Jessie, unless we deactivate almost all the spamassassin plugins… Which,
obviously, isn't the right thing to do.

Cheers,

C.


PS: I think this bug is related to libnet-dns-perl but, if you feel it's
more related to spampd package, feel free to correct this report
accordingly ;).