From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 21:40:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 867881065673 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 641798FC0A for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oAPLeAxP099824 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oAPLeAu7099823; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201011252140.oAPLeAu7099823@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Ronald F.Guilmette" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E941065672 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:32:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E44D8FC12 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:32:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix, from userid 1237) id 724B5BDC76; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:32:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20101125213206.724B5BDC76@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:32:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: ports/152581: worrisome error while installing mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Ronald F.Guilmette" List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:10 -0000 >Number: 152581 >Category: ports >Synopsis: worrisome error while installing mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 25 21:40:10 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Infinite Monkeys & Co. >Environment: System: FreeBSD segfault.tristatelogic.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Aug 5 02:38:40 PDT 2008 root@segfault.monkeys.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/rfg20080805 i386 >Description: While doing a portinstall of p5-Mail-SpamAssassin I saw this error, which is troubling: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/DependencyInfo.pm line 324. The context was as follows: ============================================================================= ... ===> Configuring for p5-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.3.1_2 NOTE: settings for "make test" are now controlled using "t/config.dist". See that file if you wish to customise what tests are run, and how. checking module dependencies and their versions... Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/DependencyInfo.pm line 324. *************************************************************************** ERROR: the required Archive::Tar module is installed (), but is below the minimum required version 1.23, some functionality will not be available. The "sa-update" program requires this module to access tar update archive files. ... ============================================================================= >How-To-Repeat: portinstall p5-Mail-SpamAssassin >Fix: I don't know how to fix this, but obviously, some Perl veriable is not being set when it should be. And apparently I'm not the first person to have seen this issue: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SlOHFqIQvbkJ:www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D37145+Use+of+uninitialized+value+in+concatenation+%28.%29+or+string+at+lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/DependencyInfo.pm+line+324&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vn0YPX5S-twJ:www.webhostingtalk.ir/f85/12973/+Use+of+uninitialized+value+in+concatenation+%28.%29+or+string+at+lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/DependencyInfo.pm+line+324&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: