http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=5751





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2007-12-18 06:49 -------
(In reply to comment #5)
> On a fresh install, run sa-update with two "--channel" inputs with one
> corresponding to the base ruleset (e.g., updates.spamassassin.org) but 
> without a
> valid gpg key and the other (e.g., saupdates.onprotect.com) corresponding to
> some other supplementary ruleset but with a valid gpg key. The order doesn't
> seem to matter.
> 
> Then, sa-update will happily create the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003 
> directory
> (using Fedora locations) and populate it with the rules from the channel with
> the valid gpg key while warning of a bad gpg key and failing to add the base
> ruleset for updates.spamassassin.org. The non-expert user likely won't
> see/understand/recognize the warning and will be left with a spamassassin
> configuration without any valid base rules since once the
> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003 directory is created, it overrides the other
> locations for the original non-updated rules (e.g., /usr/share/spamassassin)
> 
> Not sure though what the best way to fix this is since technically sa-update 
> is
> not doing anything wrong. It is only just creating a non-working situation 
> that
> is obscure to most non-experts :)

ah.  I see!

it could probably also be reproduced by doing sa-update with just an
additional ruleset channel, without the base ruleset's channel.  that
way, the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002003 dir is created without any
valid base ruleset.



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