[Bug 3822] New: SA is not fully compatible with Perl 5.6.1

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http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3822

           Summary: SA is not fully compatible with Perl 5.6.1
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 3.0.0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: spamassassin
        AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
        ReportedBy: sehh@altered.com


The documentation of SA v3 says that SA is compatible with at least Perl 5.6.1.

That is not entirely true because SA requires a new version of Net::DNS, which
does not exist in Perl 5.6.1.

In order to run SA under Perl 5.6.1 we have to upgrade the following libraries:

Test-Simple
Test-Harness
Net-DNS


WARNING:
After installing SA on a Perl 5.6.1 system, the admin will NOT get any error
messages or warnings from "perl Makefile.PL" that these upgrades are required.
As a result, ALL NETWORK AND DNS tests will fail to work (for example RBLs will
not work). Running 'spamassassin -D' will show an error that the existing
Net::DNS for perl 5.6.1 is of smaller version than the required one.



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