Mail::SPF fails to install

[sharmaine001]

Hello

I found out that Mail::SPF is failing. When checked, its because the server is using the latest version of perl 5.8.8 and looks like Mail::SPF is no longer compatible and it is compatible only to 5.6

What do you think the solution for this?

 

[mocollin]

I'm unable to install Mail::SPF either. Running 11.25.0-RELEASE_42399

Here is the output from /scripts/checkperlmodules

 CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz

perl-64bit-hack: enabled
# running Build.PL --otherldflags -L/usr/lib64 --config ldflags=-L/usr/lib64 --extralibdir /usr/lib64
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Mail-SPF' version 'v2.7.0'
Prereq 'v5.6' for 'perl' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat
make: *** No targets.  Stop.
 JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
 /usr/bin/make OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 -- NOT OK
Running make install
 Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
perlmod--Install done

Hello

I found out that Mail::SPF is failing. When checked, its because the server is using the latest version of perl 5.8.8 and looks like Mail::SPF is no longer compatible and it is compatible only to 5.6

What do you think the solution for this?

 

[madaboutlinux]

well, you have to install the module manually as it looks like some kind of a bug. Download the mail::spf module from cpan.org and install.

 

[h4f]

I'm unable to install Mail::SPF either. Running 11.25.0-RELEASE_42399

Here is the output from /scripts/checkperlmodules

 CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz

perl-64bit-hack: enabled
# running Build.PL --otherldflags -L/usr/lib64 --config ldflags=-L/usr/lib64 --extralibdir /usr/lib64
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Mail-SPF' version 'v2.7.0'
Prereq 'v5.6' for 'perl' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat
make: *** No targets.  Stop.
 JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
 /usr/bin/make OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 -- NOT OK
Running make install
 Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
perlmod--Install done

Same issue here.

 

[h4f]

well, you have to install the module manually as it looks like some kind of a bug. Download the mail::spf module from cpan.org and install.

Even manually it doesn't work.

Tried to change version nummers in the tarball but then a complaint about signatures.

 

[mocollin]

Even manually it doesn't work.

Tried to change version nummers in the tarball but then a complaint about signatures.

Yeah. It seems somehow an incompatible version of Mail::SPF got into the update chain.

Anyone have other ideas for a fix?

 

[cPanelDon]

I've split the posts about Mail::SPF into a new thread dedicated to the separate issue.

I was able to reproduce this on a test system by uninstalling Mail::SPF then attempting to re-install; further investigation will be needed to determine the exact cause, but I was able to confirm a set of steps you may use for re-installing the "Mail::SPF" Perl module.

Please use the following command to perform the install:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')" && cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf && tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz && cd Mail-SPF-v2.007 && perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install && /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

As an alternative, to help clarify the steps used by the above command, here is each step on its own line:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')"
# cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf
# tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
# cd Mail-SPF-v2.007
# perl Build.PL
# ./Build
# ./Build test
# ./Build install
# /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

 

[mocollin]

Please use the following command to perform the install:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')" && cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf && tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz && cd Mail-SPF-v2.007 && perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install && /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

This worked perfectly. Mail::SPF 2.007 now installed on my 11.25 system. Thank you!

 

[SecHost-IT]

I've split the posts about Mail::SPF into a new thread dedicated to the separate issue.

I was able to reproduce this on a test system by uninstalling Mail::SPF then attempting to re-install; further investigation will be needed to determine the exact cause, but I was able to confirm a set of steps you may use for re-installing the "Mail::SPF" Perl module.

Please use the following command to perform the install:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')" && cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf && tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz && cd Mail-SPF-v2.007 && perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install && /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

As an alternative, to help clarify the steps used by the above command, here is each step on its own line:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')"
# cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf
# tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
# cd Mail-SPF-v2.007
# perl Build.PL
# ./Build
# ./Build test
# ./Build install
# /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

Looks like that's not enough here. however If you got any errors about dependency, type this command

./Build installdeps

before

./Build

Thanks!

 

[morefood2001]

Please use the following command to perform the install:

# perl -MCPAN -e "get('Mail::SPF')" && cd /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf && tar -xzvf Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz && cd Mail-SPF-v2.007 && perl Build.PL && ./Build && ./Build test && ./Build install && /scripts/checkperlmodules --full

I got the same problem on my cpanel server. Last night, the datacenter accidentally wiped out the wrong drive and I ended up reinstalling cpanel. It seems that when I dropped the backup of the cpanel directory into the restored server, this error cropped up. The solution above fixed it and a bunch of other errors I was getting related to spamassassin.

Details:
cPanel 11.25.0-R42399 - WHM 11.25.0 - X 3.9
CENTOS 5.4 i686 standard on int

 

[sharmaine001]

error MAIL::SPF Could not be installed --> how to resolve?

I am getting notification even after re-installing perl modules that MAIL::SPF could not be installed

see the logs below:

This module is required by cPanel, and the system may not function correctly until it is installed, and functional. Below is the results of the auto-install attempt:

Test Run
==============
Can't locate Mail/SPF.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at - line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at - line 1.


Installer Run
==============
commit: wrote '/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN/Config.pm'
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.21)
Going to read /home/.cpan/Metadata
Database was generated on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:00:52 GMT
Running install for module 'Mail::SPF'
Running make for J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.48)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.017)
Checksum for /home/.cpan/sources/authors/id/J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz ok
Mail-SPF-v2.007
Mail-SPF-v2.007/MANIFEST
Mail-SPF-v2.007/TODO
Mail-SPF-v2.007/CHANGES
Mail-SPF-v2.007/META.yml
Mail-SPF-v2.007/MANIFEST.SKIP
Mail-SPF-v2.007/INSTALL
Mail-SPF-v2.007/README
Mail-SPF-v2.007/Makefile.PL
Mail-SPF-v2.007/LICENSE
Mail-SPF-v2.007/Build.PL
Mail-SPF-v2.007/SIGNATURE
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Server.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Util.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mod.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Result.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Request.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/MacroString.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/SenderIPAddrMech.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Exception.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Base.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Term.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Record.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/v1
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/v1/Record.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mod
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mod/Redirect.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mod/Exp.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/PTR.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/A.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/All.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/IP6.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/MX.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/Include.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/Exists.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/Mech/IP4.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/v2
Mail-SPF-v2.007/lib/Mail/SPF/v2/Record.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/libmail-spf-perl.install
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/spf-tools-perl.postinst
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/rules
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/compat
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/changelog
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/watch
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/spf-tools-perl.prerm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/copyright
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/spf-tools-perl.install
Mail-SPF-v2.007/debian/control
Mail-SPF-v2.007/bin
Mail-SPF-v2.007/bin/spfquery
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/Mail-SPF-Test-lib.pm
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/90-author-pod-validation.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.01-class-util.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/10.00-rfc4408.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/rfc4408-tests.yml
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/10.01-rfc4406.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.04-class-server.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.05-class-macrostring.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.00-class-misc.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.02-class-request.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/rfc4406-tests.yml
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.99-class-misc.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/t/00.03-class-result.t
Mail-SPF-v2.007/sbin
Mail-SPF-v2.007/sbin/spfd
CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22)
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.71)
CPAN: Module::Build loaded ok (v0.3601)

CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz

perl-64bit-hack: enabled
# running Build.PL --otherldflags -L/usr/lib64 --config ldflags=-L/usr/lib64 --extralibdir /usr/lib64
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Mail-SPF' version 'v2.7.0'
Prereq 'v5.6' for 'perl' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat
make: *** No targets. Stop.
JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 OTHERLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 EXTRALIBDIR=/usr/lib64 -- NOT OK
Running make install
Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
perlmod--Install done

 

[IIIBradIII]

Same problem here - happened last night.

 

[granville]

Same problem

I got the same email message overnight on a VPS with our hosting company. I dug a little deeper and found this post back about 1 month.

http://forums.cpanel.net/f43/mail-spf-fails-install-142285.html

figured I would post a link here to help people since this was the first result in Google.

 

[cPanelDon]

Friendly Moderator Note

I've merged two threads regarding the same about difficulty installing Mail::SPF. For reference, here is a link to the specific post within the combined thread that details corrective steps: Mail::SPF fails to install - cPanel Forums

 

[jbatson]

Error installing perl module Mail::SPF

Cpanel was complaining about the perl version to install perl module Mail::SPF.

Can't locate Mail/SPF.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at - line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at - line 1.


CPAN.pm: Going to build J/JM/JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz

# running Build.PL
Creating new 'MYMETA.yml' with configuration results
Creating new 'Build' script for 'Mail-SPF' version 'v2.7.0'
Prereq 'v0.002.1' for 'Net::DNS::Resolver::Programmable' is not supported by Module::Build::Compat
make: *** No targets. Stop.
JMEHNLE/mail-spf/Mail-SPF-v2.007.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make install
Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
perlmod--Install done



Perl version was 5.8.5, upgraded to 5.8.8 without problem.

Tried to install Mail::SPF from whm install perl modules, but get the same error.

upgraded Net::DNS::Resolver::Programmable to version 0.003

tried again, same error.

Is there a solution?

 

[garrettp]

Fix is here:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f43/mail-spf-fails-install-142285.html#post607393

 

[jbatson]

That worked, thanks.