RE: Rules in 2 locations

SA will get its main rules from either /var/lib/... (if it exists), or /usr/local/... The /etc/mail/spamassassin directory is for user rules. It will be read after the main rules directories. So if you are duplicating any of the built-in rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin, that would explain these errors.

Bowie

Irina wrote:
> Oh, ok. Thank you. But...
>
> Why I asked?... When running spamassassin --lint -D, it shows many
> duplicates. Such as the following, for example:
>
> [9460] dbg: rules: __MO_OL_91287 merged duplicates: __MO_OL_B30D1
> __MO_OL_CF0C0
> [9460] dbg: rules: __MO_OL_015D5 merged duplicates: __MO_OL_6554A
>
> That is why I thought SA uses both directories and includes 2 sets of
> rules.
>
> Since it uses only 1 directory, it puzzles me where these duplicates
> are coming from. Does anybody know?
>
> Thank you
> Irina
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luis Hernán Otegui" <luis.otegui@gmail.com>
> To: "Irina" <irina@nas.net>
> Cc: <users@spamassassin.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Rules in 2 locations
>
>
> > Irina:
> > This is normal. Stock distribution rules are installed in
> > /usr/local/share/spamassassin when you install SA. But as new rules
> > are updated via SARE, they get downloaded to
> > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002001/updates_spamassassin_org/. Notice the
> > version dependent subdir. After sa-update, SA will use the new
> > rules sitting on /var/lib/...
> >
> >
> > Luix
> >
> > 2007/6/29, Irina <irina@nas.net>:
> > > Can someone clarify?
> > >
> > > Spamassassin is in
> > > /etc/mail/spamassassin
> > > /usr/local/share/spamassassin
> > >
> > > I then run sa-update
> > > sa-update --nogpg --allowplugins --channel
> > > saupdates.openprotect.com --channel updates.spamassassin.org
> > >
> > > I now see the same set of file in the following 2 directories:
> > > /usr/local/share/spamassassin/
> > > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002001/updates_spamassassin_org/
> > >
> > > Is it normal?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > Irina
> > >
> > >
Received on Fri Jun 29 12:31:16 2007