Re: qmail-scanner on Fedora 1 (has anyone gotten it working?)

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:37:08 -0500
"Gregg Smith" <gsmith@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christophe Le Guern
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:32 PM
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: qmail-scanner on Fedora 1 (has anyone gotten it working?)
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> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:00:01 -0800
> "kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I have tried installing it even after updating
> perl-suidperl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm
> >
> > but it still says the it can't use /var/suidperl.
> >
> > So has anyone been able to get qmail-scanner working on Fedora 1 ?
> > If so can you post how you were able to do it.
> 
> >hi,
> >
> >It seems that perl-suidperl is in Fedora Core
> (perl-suidperl-5.8.1-92.i386.rpm).
> >The package contains:
> >- /usr/bin/sperl5.8.1
> >- /usr/bin/suidperl
> 
> >So you can do (as root):
> ># ln -s /usr/bin/suidperl /var/suidperl
> 
> >Christophe
> 
> 
> Suidperl is deprecated, see the Perl web site.  Better off using the C
> wrapper included in the qmail source files.

arf, the perl site is down :o)
But, if perl-suid is deprecated, why is it in fedora core, which is a modern linux distribution ?

Christophe