svn commit: r493708 - in /spamassassin/trunk: PACKAGING spamassassin.raw

[jm...@apache.org]

Author: jm
Date: Sun Jan  7 04:38:10 2007
New Revision: 493708

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=493708
Log:
bug 5282: document that PERL5LIB is ignored, due to a feature in taint checking

Modified:
    spamassassin/trunk/PACKAGING
    spamassassin/trunk/spamassassin.raw

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/PACKAGING
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/PACKAGING?view=diff&rev=493708&r1=493707&r2=493708
==============================================================================
--- spamassassin/trunk/PACKAGING (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/PACKAGING Sun Jan  7 04:38:10 2007
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@
    	export PERL5LIB="/tmp/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.16/lib:$PERL5LIB"
 
 4. Now build SpamAssassin. As long as the PERL5LIB variable is set, the
-   updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker is used.
+   updated ExtUtils::MakeMaker is used.  (SpamAssassin will use PERL5LIB
+   during building, but the built scripts ignore it due to taint-mode
+   security features.)
 
 
 Obsolete Variables

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/spamassassin.raw
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/spamassassin.raw?view=diff&rev=493708&r1=493707&r2=493708
==============================================================================
--- spamassassin/trunk/spamassassin.raw (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/spamassassin.raw Sun Jan  7 04:38:10 2007
@@ -739,6 +739,10 @@
 Install this as a normal Perl module, using C<perl -MCPAN -e shell>, or by
 hand.
 
+Note that it is not possible to use the C<PERL5LIB> environment variable
+to affect where SpamAssassin finds its perl modules, due to limitations
+imposed by perl's "taint" security checks.
+
 For further details on how to install, please read the C<INSTALL> file
 from the SpamAssassin distribution.