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Fixing Webmin 1.5’s Software Package Update emails

Asim Zeeshan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:00:31 +0000

Recently, I talked about getting an error in my mailbox instead of the notification email from Webmin 1.5′s Software Package Update module. Today, I found a hint to its solution on the sourceforge.net email archives.

This is a known bug and it will be fixed in next public release, if you don’t wish to wait, you can do a devel-update of your webmin.

Webmin’s Software Package Update emails are not working

Asim Zeeshan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:47 +0000

I have wrote yesterday about Webmin 1.5 features. I especially liked the one that will send me a notification when there is any update available to any of the components installed on my Linux box.

To my disappointment, I never got any Software Package Updates module‘s email notification, instead I got this in my mailbox

Undefined subroutine &main::list_all_current called at /usr/libexec/webmin/package-updates/update.pl line 12.

I have no clue what this means or how do I fix it. Any one who can help me with this?

Update: A fix is available for this bug

Webmin 1.5 features

Asim Zeeshan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:53:50 +0000

Two new features introduced in Webmin 1.5 that really attracts me are

Software Package Updates module, it notifies about new available updates and optionally can send email and/or install security or all updates
System Status, collects system information by running a background cron job on your system

The interface has also improved a little, and its slower while loading (figures!), but gives more information in the dashboard.