>What is the Net::DNS version, are you pure ipv6 and are you 64-bit?
perl-Net-DNS-0.63-1.el5.rf I don't use IPv6 that I know of (the errant package is installed whether I like it or not as a dependency of spamassassin). 32 bit. >Also, have you opened a bug with centos or redhat? I've asked for help on the CentOS users mailing list. So far not much to go on except maybe it's a conflict with a package from a non-CentOS repo (rpmforge?). >Try removing/commenting all your cf files especially anything dealing with >ip's. > >Other than that, I would likely update net dns with cpan at least temporarily >to see if it fixes thinks. >Regards, >KAM > > >email builder <emailbuilde...@yahoo.com> wrote: >Anyone have any other insights? Thanks! >> >> >>>>> Running CentOS5 with SpamAssassin v3.3.1-2.el5 installed via yum >>> >>>>> >>>>> I remember getting this error a while ago, and it was fixed (don't >>>>> remember how, but I think just by upgrading), but now it's >>>>> happening again: >>>>> >>>>> Subroutine Net::DNS::Resolver::Base::AF_INET6 redefined at >>>>> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Exporter.pm line 65. >>>>> at >>>>> >>>> >>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Net/DNS/Resolver/Base.pm >>>>> line 65 >>>> >>>> are you still running perl 5.8.8? >>>> >>>> (perl -v) >>> >>> ! Yes, "still". I say that because that's the newest Centos 5 >>> provides. >>> >>>> if you have multiple perl sitelibs, you might have a conflict. >>>> >>>> cd /usr/lib/perl5. >>>> >>>> ls. how many vendor_perl and site_perl's do you have? >>> >>> cd /usr/lib/perl5/ >>> ls >>> >>> 5.8.8 site_perl vendor_perl >>> >>> I'm not sure what this tells you, but maybe this is helpful: >>> >>> locate INET6.pm >>> >>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/IO/Socket/INET6.pm >>> >>>> or, you could just delete (manually) IO-Socket-INET6 (make a backup >>>>first!) >>>> on freebsd (with perl 5.10.1): >>>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/man/man3/IO::Socket::INET6.3.gz >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/IO/Socket/INET6.pm >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach/auto/IO/Socket/INET6 >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach/auto/IO/Socket/INET6/.packlist >>>> >>>> on fedora, try: >>>> >>>> find /usr/lib/ -name 'INET6*' >>>> (back them up) >>> >>> Same result as above: >>> >>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/IO/Socket/INET6.pm >>> >>> As I stated in my inquiry, I'd prefer to do my package management >>> via yum if at all possible. Yum tells me to uninstall this package, >>> spamassassin depends on it so has to be removed also. So it does >>> not seem like a good idea to remove it out from under SA >>> >>>>> The results I get from Google regarding this are all circa >>>>> 2008. The only hints I can find seem to suggest to remove >>>>> perl-IO-Socket-INET6, but trying to do so using yum (I don't >>>>> want to start using another method of package management) >>>>> tells me that spamassassin is a dependency and will also be >>>>> removed - obviously undesirable. >>>>> >>>>> Perl is up to date on the machinge. >>>> >>>> no its not :-) >>> >>> Yes, it is :-) Centos/RHEL 5 seems to maintain 5.8.8 with its own updates >>> or >>> some such thing. >>> >>> Thank you for your help >>> >> > >
