libdigest-sha-perl not detected properly for freedns update

[G. Gibson]

System Info:
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

ddclient 3.8.1

Expected: ddclient updating freedns ...

Got: (Note - libdigest-sha-perl is installed, not libdigest-sha1-perl)
/etc/init.d/ddclient restart
 * Restarting Dynamic DNS service update utility ddclient
FATAL: Error loading the Perl module Digest::SHA1 needed for freedns update.
FATAL: On Debian, the package libdigest-sha1-perl must be installed.
[fail]

I suspect this is just a package naming issue, but it could go deeper than that. It appears to not be able to load the perl digest management module or any specific cypher submodule.

[wimpunk (wimpunk)]

Did you try to install the package and try again? As reported upstream, it _is_ just a package issue.

[Martin Lindhe (martinlindhe)]

Wimpunk, what upstream report are you refering to?

The ddclient suggest you to install "libdigest-sha1-perl", which is no longer shipped in Debian & Ubuntu.
Instead there is a package called "libdigest-sha-perl". However this is not the correct package and installing it does not solve the issue.

Instead you need to get the proper dependency, which is an ancient SHA1 perl lib which can be installed by:

  sudo apt-get install cpanminus
  cpanm --sudo Digest::SHA1

According to notes on the internet, fixing the package to work with the now preferred libdigest-sha-perl, see here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/211173/how-can-i-get-ddclient-to-work-with-freedns

[Martin Lindhe (martinlindhe)]

There is also a related bug #993648, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdigest-sha1-perl/+bug/993648 (i cant seem to link that bug to this one)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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