Re: Strange message with spamassassin

[DutchDaemon - FreeBSD Forums Administrator]

On August 9, 2026 7:10:25 PM GMT+02:00, Andrea Venturoli <m...@netfence.it> 
wrote:
> On 8/9/26 18:07, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> >> Am 09.08.2026 um 17:44 schrieb Andrea Venturoli <m...@netfence.it>:
> >> I've been using spamassassing for several years.
> >> After I upgraded to 2026Q3, I see the following message.
> >> 
> >>> # spamassassin -r 94023. Aug  9 17:37:11.358 [34869] warn: dns: resolver 
> >>> create failed: Net::DNS required
> >>> Aug  9 17:37:14.098 [34869] warn: plugin: eval failed: Can't locate 
> >>> object method "new" via package "Net::DNS::Resolver" at 
> >>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/Net/DNS.pm line 62.
> >> 
> >> My lack of Perl knowledge doesn't allow me to understand what to do.
> > 
> > Probably a missing dependency in the port/package.
> > 
> > I'd try:
> > 
> > pkg install p5-Net-DNS
> Sorry, I should have probably mentioned this...
> It was the first thing I though of, but, alas, I have that package installed.
> 
> > # pkg info|grep Net-DNS
> > p5-Net-DNS-1.55,1              Perl5 interface to the DNS resolver, and 
> > dynamic updates
> 
> 
>  bye & Thanks
>       av.

Perl was upgraded recently, you may have a partial or incomplete upgrade.

Run `pkg upgrade -f -y` before troubleshooting further.