Mark wrote:

> Theo,

>> > to change Mail::SpamAssassin to provide a suitable default
>> > for LOCAL_STATE_DIR. Please consider this a feature request.
>>
>> http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4952  :)

> Appreciated!

>> >     # sa-update --updatedir /usr/local/share/spamassassin
>>
>> Warning: This will break your installation -- there are files in
>> def_rules_dir that aren't in the updates, and sa-update will be
>> happy to delete all of the files in the directory for you.
>> local_state_dir and def_rules_dir are not interchangeable.

> Ouch, thanks. Sorry for spreading false suggestions.

>   Mark

Observation and questions:

I though the rules provided with sa-update were additions to existing
rules, but I guess I have not paid much attention. Is it true then
that the rules downloaded through sa-update are a complete rule set in
themselves? If so, Stuart Johnston's suggestion of adding

 LOCAL_STATE_DIR   => '/var/lib',

(I added this below:
    #   LOCAL_RULES_DIR   => '/etc/mail/spamassassin',)

does direct SpamAssassin to use the sa-update rules there. It no longer
will use rules in the DEF_RULES_DIR. If sa-update (with no --updatedir
override) has never been run, the rules in the DEF_RULES_DIR are
loaded. If 'sa-update --updatedir /usr/share/spamassassin' (this is
where Debian puts the default rules) has been run, it appears the default
rules are loaded, then the newer rules in the updates_spamassassin_org
subdirectory located there are loaded also (on top of them?).

Gary V


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