Strange Error Log ...

[Jonathan Allen <jo...@barumtrading.co.uk>]

Hi All,

I have this strange error report that turns up in /var/log/messages:

   [spamd] (?:(?<=[\s,]))* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\G(?:(?<=[\s,]))* <-- HERE \Z/ at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Text/Wrap.pm line 46.

This is a vanilla (but up-to-date) 3.1.4 with no additions except FuzzyOCR.
Any idea what it means ?

Jonathan

Re: Strange Error Log ...

[Theo Van Dinter <fe...@apache.org>]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 04:38:05PM +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Thank you for that.  Having started checking the log, I now find that I
> also have this error reported during startup:
> 
>    spamd[23037]: rules: meta test DIGEST_MULTIPLE has undefined dependency 'DCC_CHECK'

That's not an error, it's an informational line.  It means you don't have DCC
enabled (and therefore no DCC_CHECK), which is fine.

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Re: Strange Error Log ...

[Jonathan Allen <jo...@barumtrading.co.uk>]

Theo,

> It's an issue with Text::Wrap.  A ticket was opened with them on CPAN, but
> here's the best line:
> 
> "The problem comes from an unintended use of a feature."
>         - http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20657

Thank you for that.  Having started checking the log, I now find that I
also have this error reported during startup:

   spamd[23037]: rules: meta test DIGEST_MULTIPLE has undefined dependency 'DCC_CHECK'

Any ideas here ?

Jonathan

Re: Strange Error Log ...

[Theo Van Dinter <fe...@apache.org>]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:58:20AM +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote:
>    [spamd] (?:(?<=[\s,]))* matches null string many times in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\G(?:(?<=[\s,]))* <-- HERE \Z/ at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Text/Wrap.pm line 46.
> 
> This is a vanilla (but up-to-date) 3.1.4 with no additions except FuzzyOCR.
> Any idea what it means ?

It's an issue with Text::Wrap.  A ticket was opened with them on CPAN, but
here's the best line:

"The problem comes from an unintended use of a feature."
        - http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20657

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