Hi John,
After some checking, I guess I just don't see the problem.  Here is my output
of a yum install of spamassasin

# yum install spamassassin
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: SL 302 errata
Server: SL 302 notsupported rpms
Server: SL 302 main
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Resolving dependencies
...Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[install: spamassassin 2.55-3.1.i386]
I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies:
[deps: perl-Net-DNS 0.31-3.1.noarch]
[deps: perl-Digest-HMAC 1.01-11.1.noarch]
[deps: perl-Time-HiRes 1.38-3.i386]
[deps: perl-Digest-SHA1 2.01-15.1.i386]
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages
Getting perl-Net-DNS-0.31-3.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Net-DNS-0.31-3.1.noa 100% |=========================| 158 kB    00:00
Getting spamassassin-2.55-3.1.i386.rpm
spamassassin-2.55-3.1.i38 100% |=========================| 425 kB    00:00
Getting perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-11.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-11. 100% |=========================|  11 kB    00:00
Getting perl-Time-HiRes-1.38-3.i386.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.38-3.i3 100% |=========================|  22 kB    00:00
Getting perl-Digest-SHA1-2.01-15.1.i386.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA1-2.01-15. 100% |=========================|  15 kB    00:00
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
perl-Digest-SHA1 100 % done 1/5
perl-Digest-HMAC 100 % done 2/5
perl-Net-DNS 100 % done 3/5
perl-Time-HiRes 100 % done 4/5
spamassassin 100 % done 5/5
Installed:  spamassassin 2.55-3.1.i386
Dep Installed:  perl-Net-DNS 0.31-3.1.noarch perl-Digest-HMAC 1.01-11.1.noarch
perl-Time-HiRes 1.38-3.i386 perl-Digest-SHA1 2.01-15.1.i386
Transaction(s) Complete
#


Also, here is my output of yum listing perl-DB_File

# yum list perl-DB_File
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: SL 302 errata
Server: SL 302 notsupported rpms
Server: SL 302 main
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Looking in Available Packages:
Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
perl-DB_File                        i386   2:1.804-88.4             sl302server

Looking in Installed Packages:
Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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So, it looks like you might not be pointing at a mirror that is fully populated.

Troy

Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hi John,
> I'm checking on this, but while I check could you send your yum error.
> perl-DB_File is indeed included in 3.0.2, in particular
> perl-DB_File-1.804-88.4.i386.rpm
> Troy
>
> John Franks wrote:
>
>> We are rolling out SL 3.0.2 and our users quickly found that the
>> spamassassin helper "sa-learn" fails with an error message.  It appears
>> that the rpm package "perl-DB_File" is needed for sa-learn.
>> Yum seems unaware of this dependency and I believe it is also missing in
>> the 3.0.2 distribution.
>
>
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