> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:28:05PM +0200, Mark Martinec wrote:
> > Well, this is not entirely true. It is not the SpamAssassin modules
> > that sets a default value for LOCAL_STATE_DIR => '/var/lib' in the
> > SA object, but it is the application program that does it: the
> > spamassassin, sa-update and spamd.
>
> True.
>
> > Which means that other application programs like amavisd-new
> > or other callers of SA modules won't see the rules updates
> > in /var/lib/spamassasin unless explicitly configured to do so ...
>
> You would want to make sure that the third party application you're
> running supports the version of SA you're using, yes.  local_state_dir
> was an API change from 3.1.0, unfortunately, but it's been known about
> for several months now.

The Mail::SpamAssassin module doc in 3.1.4 doesn't list local_state_dir
as an option for Mail::SpamAssassin->new. Should it? Is that how an app
is supposed to pass this information?

Bret



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