On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:05:55AM +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: > /usr/share/spamassassin < this dir is maintained by some package managers > /var/lib/spamassassin is entirely done by spamassassin :-) > > i belive it was the real reason not to overwrite files
The slightly longer version: - originally, sa-update was going to store stuff in /etc/mail/spamassassin (or whatever your site rules dir is), in much the same setup as now. and the updates were going to be just that -- updates to the current rule set, scores, new rules, etc, but the standard rules would still be used. - certain folks had issues with something downloading updates to /etc, because via the LSB, etc, that kind of stuff goes in /var. - somewhere in there, it got decided that instead of just updates we should allow distribution of the entire rule set. this allows for people to be able to be more flexible with their installations, but also means that people need to understand "updates" are really an alternate ruleset (so get updates.spamassassin.org if you expect to keep those rules when adding a new channel). So in the end, that's why /usr/share/spamassassin isn't used anymore -- people have the ability to override the entire standard SA ruleset if they don't want to use it, and that's why /var is used instead of /usr or /etc. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "Flourescent lights are generating negative ions." - Today's BOFH Excuse
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