On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Stefan Zauchenberger wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience installing SpamAssassin with a separate
> instance of Perl?
Yes, I've built and installed SpamAssassin under perl 5.6.1 installed in a
user directory on a host that has perl 5.00503 as the "real" installation.
Works fine.
> Is compiling/making the proudct with the correct preceding perl path
> sufficient for correct setup?
Probably. You may also need to assign a value for PREFIX when you run
Makefile.PL, e.g.:
/path/to/private/bin/perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/path/to/private
I actually performed the install using the CPAN shell:
o conf makepl_arg 'PREFIX=/path/to/private'
test Mail::SpamAssassin
install Mail::SpamAssassin
And then optionally:
o conf makepl_arg ''
(to get rid of the setting if it's not needed for future CPANning).
> Lastly, will the appropriate SpamAssassin perl module be created and be
> accessible for other applications?
Yes, provided those other applications also run the "private" perl.
