[Bug 5782] New: sa-update should warn if a nonexistent channel is used

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http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=5782

           Summary: sa-update should warn if a nonexistent channel is used
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: SVN Trunk (Latest Devel Version)
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: sa-update
        AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
        ReportedBy: jm@jmason.org


from users list:

'[no rules are firing after upgrade to 3.2.4.]  I use sa-update, and multiple
channels.

/usr/bin/sa-update --allowplugins --channelfile /etc/spamassassin/channels.txt
--nogpg

My /etc/spamassassin/channels.txt:

--------------------------------------(8<)------------------------------------------

update.spamassassin.org
72_sare_redirect_post3.0.0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_evilnum0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_bayes_poison_nxm.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net
70_sare_html0.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net'

Note that update.spamassassin.org should be updates.spamassassin.org;
the reporter fixed this and the problem went away.

Right now, if a nonexistent channel name is used (like
'update.spamassassin.org'), sa-update will attempt to lookup
4.2.3.update.spamassassin.org, find no records, and assume there's
no updates published yet. In fact however there's no update channel there at all!

We could detect this by adding a record which must exist for a channel to be
valid: _validchannel.updates.spamassassin.org or whatever.  if that record
doesn't exist, sa-update issues a warning.



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------- Additional Comments From spamassassin@dostech.ca  2008-01-14 10:33 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> We could detect this by adding a record which must exist for a channel to be
> valid: _validchannel.updates.spamassassin.org or whatever.  if that record
> doesn't exist, sa-update issues a warning.

Just look for the mirrors txt record.  There's no need to add another record.





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------- Additional Comments From felicity@apache.org  2008-01-14 13:21 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Just look for the mirrors txt record.  There's no need to add another record.

+1, and it only needs to happen if there is no version TXT record.





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jm@jmason.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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   Target Milestone|Undefined                   |3.3.0






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