On Friday 29 June 2012 21:03:01 Noah Meyerhans wrote: > severity 679492 wishlist > thanks > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 09:38:55AM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > Sa_update needs be run before spamassassin in order for the rules to be > > up-to- date. I had been doing this in rc.local as well. Should be a more > > correct/Debian way. > > If you choose to run sa-update before starting spamd, that's fine, and > not a bad idea if your host reboots frequently. Since sa-update > potentially takes some time (especially if sa-compile is used), running > it on every reboot could have an undesirable impact on boot time. > Additionally, since spamd is typically run on mail servers, which don't > reboot frequently, I believe this change would be of minimal benefit to > most users. > > > This might be reclassified a security issue! > > Since sa-update is optional and is never run automatically by default, > you'll have a hard time convincing me that not running it at boot time > is a security issue. > > I don't plan on making the requested change. However, if somebody > provides a patch to implement it, I'd consider applying it. > > noah
I see the point. Might better be a configuration option, possibly cron-job. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
