On Tuesday 26 December 2006 16:59, jdow wrote: >From: "James Wilkinson" <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> jdow wrote: >>> How are you installing it? (I jettison the Fedora RPM and use cpan. >>> That gives you a "canonical" install. Before removing the RPM save >>> the file /etc/init.d/spamassassin. It is useful when it comes time to >>> make spamd run.) >>> >>> I have a dummy spamassassin RPM that installs nothing other than the >>> knowledge that a dummy spamassassin is present to satisfy the YUM >>> monster. >> >> That's "canonical" as in "direct from >> http://spamassassin.apache.org/";? > >Effectively. > >> The download page says >> RPM: SpamAssassin RPMs can be built directly from the tar file. >> >> * Simply run: >> >> rpmbuild -tb Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.7.tar.gz >> >> If necessary use the following option if you grab the bzip2 tar >> file instead of the gzip version: >> >> --define "srcext .bz2" >> >> You end up with two RPMs you need to install, instead of Fedora's one, >> but you end up with canonical SpamAssassin managed by RPM. > >The missing files that are in that second RPM are the main reason I went >to CPAN installs. It also means I can add the perl features that can > make SpamAssassin somewhat stronger. > >RPM management seems to leave you too much at the mercy of the Fedora >Core folks who seem to be allergic to including features from time to > time. > "Allergic" Joanne? In some cases its more like prophylactic shock, resulting in a near death experience. But I understand the need to be a lady. :-) >{^_^} -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
