[Bug 899460] [NEW] mrtg bug was fixed upstream but is not available in stable or unstable ubuntu or debian packages

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mrtg sends an email to root every time it's called because of an error.  As far as I understand, this error has been fixed by mrtg months ago but is still not included in the packages system:
v2.17.3 (2011-12-01): latest stable release
v2.17.1 (2011-02-18): bugfix for the problem related to this bugreport
v2.16.3 (2010-01-20): version included in the packages

due to the nature of mrtg (collecting data) it's called every 5 minutes, resulting in 288 mails/day.
I believe this bug showed up on my system after an APT-triggered perl upgrade some time ago

further info:
related mrtg bug: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg-trac/ticket/45
mrtg changelog: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/pub/CHANGES

example of such a mail:
Return-Path: <root at ...>
X-Original-To: root
Delivered-To: root at ...
Received: by .... (Postfix, from userid 0)
        id BD31DDE0490; Fri,  2 Dec 2011 20:25:01 +0100 (CET)
From: root at ... (Cron Daemon)
To: root at ...
Subject: Cron <root at ...> if [ -x /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r /usr/local/mrtg/etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then mkdir -p /usr/local/mrtg/var/log ; env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg /usr/local/mrtg/etc/mrtg.cfg 2>&1 | tee -a /usr/local/mrtg/var/log/mrtg.log ; fi
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
Message-Id: <20111202192501.BD31DDE0490 at ...>
Date: Fri,  2 Dec 2011 20:25:01 +0100 (CET)
X-IMAPbase: 1322868671 52
Status: O
X-UID: 2

Constant subroutine SNMP_Session::AF_INET6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 149
Prototype mismatch: sub SNMP_Session::AF_INET6 () vs none at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 149
Constant subroutine SNMP_Session::PF_INET6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 149
Prototype mismatch: sub SNMP_Session::PF_INET6 () vs none at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 149
Constant subroutine SNMPv1_Session::AF_INET6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608
Prototype mismatch: sub SNMPv1_Session::AF_INET6 () vs none at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608
Constant subroutine SNMPv1_Session::PF_INET6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608
Prototype mismatch: sub SNMPv1_Session::PF_INET6 () vs none at /usr/share/perl/5.12/Exporter.pm line 64.
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: mrtg 2.16.3-3.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-server 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-server x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec  3 00:50:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mrtg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-07 (25 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.cron.d.mrtg: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.mrtg.cfg: [deleted]
mtime.conffile..etc.cron.d.mrtg: 2011-02-26T14:01:37.522860

** Affects: mrtg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: mrtg (Ubuntu Maverick)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: mrtg (Ubuntu Natty)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: mrtg (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric
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mrtg bug was fixed upstream but is not available in stable or unstable ubuntu or debian packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899460
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