Hi Leo, > Can you send a comment explaining why we have to apply this patch? Its > URL does not enable me to "go back" to the relevant discussion and learn > the context or identity of the author.
Mail-SPF uses a programmable (mock) DNS server to run its tests. That's what Net-DNS-Resolver-Programmable is supposed to do. Unfortunately it doesn't work without the patch. It said: > t/00.04-class-server.t test fails: [...] ok 19 - Server "A" dns_lookup() > answer RR type Unknown error on DNS 'A' lookup of 'example.com' (EDNSError) > at > /home/test/fedora/perl-Mail-SPF/Mail-SPF-v2.9.0/blib/lib/Mail/SPF/Server.pm > line 573. # Looks like you planned 23 tests but ran 19. # Looks like your > test exited with 255 just after 19. That's because it was using an undocumented internal method of Net::DNS which is not exposed anymore. The patch makes the call of the undefined method contigent upon it existing. That way, the DNS resolver will actually work. See also <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=95901>.
