Amavisd fails to start. Missing UNIX::Syslog??

[Stephen Davies]

On 15/03/16 17:47, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Stephen Davies <sdavies at sdc.com.au> writes:
>
>> Since running dnf update earlier today, amavisd has stopped working.
>> The systemctl status reads:
>>
>> amavisd.service - Amavisd-new is an interface between MTA and content checkers.
>>      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/amavisd.service; enabled; vendor
>> preset: disabled)
>>      Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2016-03-15 16:33:46 ACDT;
>> 8s ago
>>        Docs: http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/#doc
>>     Process: 31643 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/amavisd -c /etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf
>> (code=exited, status=255)
>>
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: Unit amavisd.service entered
>> failed state.
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: amavisd.service failed.
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: amavisd.service holdoff time
>> over, scheduling restart.
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: start request repeated too
>> quickly for amavisd.service
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: Failed to start Amavisd-new is
>> an interface between MTA and content checkers..
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: Unit amavisd.service entered
>> failed state.
>> Mar 15 16:33:46 mustang.sdc.com.au systemd[1]: amavisd.service failed.
>>
>> and if I try to start it manually, I get:
>>
>> /usr/sbin/amavisd -c /etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf
>> fetch_modules: error loading required module Unix/Syslog.pm:
>>     Can't load '/usr/local/lib64/perl5/auto/Unix/Syslog/Syslog.so' for module
>> Unix::Syslog: libperl.so.5.18: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>> directory at /usr/lib64/perl5/DynaLoader.pm line 193.
>>      at /usr/sbin/amavisd line 209.
>>     Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/amavisd line 209.
>> ERROR: MISSING REQUIRED BASIC MODULES:
>>     Unix::Syslog
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/amavisd line 249.
>>
>> UNIX::Syslog is installed and
>> /usr/local/lib64/perl5/auto/Unix/Syslog/Syslog.so exists.
>>
>> Amavis has been running successfully on this box for years so I can only blame
>> the update.
>> Any ideas as to what got broken??
>
> Install/reinstall Unix::Syslog (through your prefered method for
> installing Perl modules, apt-get, cpan...)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Olivier
>
Tried that but it still fails.


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