[Bug 1068884] [NEW] ddclient unusable with FreeDNS due to missing libdigest-sha1-perl

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[Impact]
The current ddclient package found in Trusty and Utopic is unusable with FreeDNS (one of the popular free dynamic DNS sites) due to a missing dependency (libdigest-sha1-perl).  The patch (cherry-picked from upstream) enables ddclient to correctly locate this dependency.

[Test Case]
- Install the ddclient package on Trusty or Utopic
- Use a ddclient.conf with content similar to the following:
daemon=1h
ssl=yes
protocol=freedns
use=web
server=freedns.afraid.org
login=<username>
password='<password>'
<hostname>
- Observe that ddclient successfully connects up to FreeDNS and updates the IP address.

[Regression Potential]
Generally limited as the patch only touches code that is used for FreeDNS.

[Original description]
When I tried to set up ddclient to access an afraid.org host in quantal, I got an error: it says it needs libdigest-sha1-perl; this package has not been shipped since oneiric.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ddclient (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 23:28:37 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: ddclient
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ddclient (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Scott Talbert (swt-techie)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: ddclient (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ddclient (Ubuntu Utopic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal
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ddclient unusable with FreeDNS due to missing libdigest-sha1-perl
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068884
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