Argument "perl_version" isn't numeric in numeric

Bug #1397706 reported by Kees Cook
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
spamassassin (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
spamassassin (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Lucid
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Precise
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Trusty
Fix Released
Undecided
Kees Cook
Utopic
Fix Released
Undecided
Kees Cook
Vivid
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

After recent updates, the spamassassin (and related mimedefang) actions produce (seemingly harmless) warnings:

/etc/cron.daily/spamassassin:
Argument "perl_version" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at (eval 638) line 1.
Argument "perl_version" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at (eval 1129) line 1.
Nov 30 07:41:23.557 [27949] warn: Argument "perl_version" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at (eval 573) line 1.
Nov 30 07:41:23.778 [27949] warn: Argument "perl_version" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at (eval 1064) line 1.

This appears to be solved with some update patches:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf.pm?r1=1642207&r2=1642206&pathrev=1642207&view=patch
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Conf/Parser.pm?r1=1642207&r2=1642206&pathrev=1642207&view=patch

Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Vivid):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Utopic):
assignee: nobody → Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in spamassassin (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Stephen Warren (srwarren) wrote :

This also affects Lucid, and I would guess Precise. I can't quite tell how to add extra releases in to the list above.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Kees, or anyone else affected,

Accepted spamassassin into utopic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spamassassin/3.4.0-3ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Chris J Arges (arges) wrote :

Hello Kees, or anyone else affected,

Accepted spamassassin into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spamassassin/3.4.0-1ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Revision history for this message
Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

Works for me on Trusty.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Chris J Arges (arges) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for spamassassin has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package spamassassin - 3.4.0-3ubuntu1

---------------
spamassassin (3.4.0-3ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Upstream fix for perl_version tests in rules (Closes: 771408, LP: #1397706)
 -- Kees Cook <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:16:57 -0800

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Utopic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package spamassassin - 3.4.0-1ubuntu2

---------------
spamassassin (3.4.0-1ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Upstream fix for perl_version tests in rules (Closes: 771408, LP: #1397706)
 -- Kees Cook <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:11:12 -0800

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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