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This page is at best a very rough guide to the potential efforts to get MailScanner included in Fedora. While MailScanner itself is relatively simple, there are a number of dependencies and add-on modules that may involve significant work.

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Significant mailing list threads to read

List of MailScanner RPMs Required and their Status Within Fedora - (Date last edited - 12/07/13)

We will aim at Rawhide as MORE & MORE packages are being splited from perl main or vice versa.

Package Name Version Provided by MailScanner Packaged Status for Fedora Version in Fedora(Include bundled in perl main package) Notes
Package-x-generic-16.pngmailscanner MailScanner-4.84.6-1.tar.gz
Fail fail
The mailscanner rpm contains prepackaged scripts. In Fedora this needs to be repackaged to include documentation and any additional scripts.
Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Archive-Zip 1.30
Pass pass
1.30-11.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

perl-bignum 0.23
Pass pass
Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-4:5.16.3-280.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Compress-Zlib 1.41 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-IO-Compress-2.061-1.fc20 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-IO-Compress package contains it since perl 5.10. MailScanner provided package does not due to error while conducting tests.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Convert-BinHex 1.119
Pass pass
1.119-20.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Convert-TNEF 0.17
Pass pass
0.17-20.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-DBD-SQLite 1.25
Pass pass
1.39-1.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-DBI 1.607
Pass pass
1.627-1.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Digest-HMAC 1.01
Pass pass
1.01-19.fc10 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Digest-MD5 2.36
Pass pass
2.53-1.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Digest-SHA1 2.11
Pass pass
2.13-8.fc19 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker 6.50
Pass pass
6.68-2.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs. We probably need to ask the maintainer to update to the latest version.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-File-Spec 0.82
Pass pass
Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-PathTools-3.40-2.fc20 Shipped by Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-PathTools, Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Filesys-Df 0.90
Pass pass
0.92-14.fc19 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-File-Temp 0.20
Pass pass
0.23.01-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Getopt-Long 2.38
Pass pass
2.40-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.
Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-HTML-Parser 3.64
Pass pass
3.71-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-HTML-Tagset 3.03
Pass pass
3.20-15.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-IO 1.2301 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-4:5.16.3-280.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-IO-stringy 2.110
Pass pass
2.110-22.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-MailTools 2.04
Pass pass
2.12-2.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Math-BigInt 1.89 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-4:5.16.3-280.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Math-BigRat 0.22 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-4:5.16.3-280.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Mime-Base64 3.07 Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-4:5.16.3-280.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Mime-tools 5.427
Pass pass
5.504-1.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Net-CIDR 0.13
Pass pass
0.17-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs perl-Net-CIDR-Lite-0.20-4.fc9 is available, need to see if it's same/similar.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Net-DNS 0.65
Pass pass
0.72-3.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs. We probably need to get the maintainer to update to latest.

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Net-IP 1.25
Pass pass
1.26-2.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-OLE-Storage_Lite 0.16
Pass pass
0.19-9.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.
Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Pod-Escapes 1.04
Pass pass
1.04-280.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Pod-Simple 3.05
Pass pass
3.28-2.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Scalar-List-Utils 1.19
Pass pass
1.27-246.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Storable 2.16
Pass pass
2.39-2.fc20 MailScanner provided package does not due to error while conducting tests.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Sys-Hostname-Long 1.4
Pass pass
1.4-9.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Sys-SigAction 0.11
Pass pass
0.11-12.fc19 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Sys-Syslog 0.27
Pass pass
0.33-1.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Test-Harness 2.64
Pass pass
3.28-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Test-Pod 1.26
Pass pass
1.48-1.fc20 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Test-Simple 0.86
Pass pass
0.98-243.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-TimeDate 1.16
Pass pass
2.30-1.fc19 Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process.

Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngperl-Time-HiRes 1.9707
Pass pass
1.9725-272.fc20 MailScanner provided packages will not build due to architecture dependant libraries. But will build correctly if the Buildarch parameter is commented out or removed from the SRPM.

Packaged as noarch SRPM by MailScanner which is rebuilt by an install script when using the standard MailScanner installation process. Documentation deliberately left out when rebuilding MailScanner provided SRPMs

Package-x-generic-16.pngtnef 1.4.5
Pass pass
1.4.9-2.fc19 Both 32bit and 64bit precompiled and build RPMs provided by MailScanner. Does not provide RPMs for ppc. This is not in Fedora - at least not by that name.

Potential Problem Packages that might require some perl packaging expertise

  • perl-Compress-Zlib-1.41-2
  • perl-Storable-2.16-3

http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2009-May/091510.html http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/05/msg124890.html


Contributors willing to work to make this happen