Upgrading SpamAssassin

[Rod <sa...@trayerproducts.com>]

Hello,

I'm currently using SpamAssassin 3.0.2 and would like to upgrade to 
version 3.1.7. I would like to backup the currently installed version 
but I don't know where all of the files are stored. I would appreciate 
any input as to what files/directories to backup as well as any other 
advice.

I should note that the output of my spamassassin --version command is 
the following:

[root@mail3 spamassassin]# spamassassin --version
SpamAssassin version 3.0.2
  running on Perl version


Thanks for any help,
Rod

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Re: Upgrading SpamAssassin

[Rod <sa...@trayerproducts.com>]

Matthias Haegele wrote:
> Rod schrieb:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm currently using SpamAssassin 3.0.2 and would like to upgrade to 
>> version 3.1.7. I would like to backup the currently installed version 
>> but I don't know where all of the files are stored. I would 
>> appreciate any input as to what files/directories to backup as well 
>> as any other advice.
>>
>> I should note that the output of my spamassassin --version command is 
>> the following:
>>
>> [root@mail3 spamassassin]# spamassassin --version
>> SpamAssassin version 3.0.2
>>  running on Perl version
>>
>
> Which os/distro?
I'm running Red Hat 9 Linux
>
> perhaps you want to read, the config-dirs should be mentioned there:
> /usr/share/doc/spamassassin
> man spamassassin
>
> some directories are:
>> /etc/mail/spamassassin/
>> /etc/spamassassin/
>> /etc/default/spamassassin/
I have /etc/mail/spamassassin and /usr/share/spamassassin that I know I 
need to back up.

I see the binaries located in /usr/sbin/

/usr/sbin/spamassassin
/usr/sbin/spamc
/usr/sbin/spamd

Are there any other files or libraries that need to be backed up? I 
would like to be able to restore the currently running version of 
SpamAssassin in the event of problems with the latest release.

Thanks for your help,
Rod


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Re: Upgrading SpamAssassin

[Matthias Haegele <mh...@linuxrocks.dyndns.org>]

Rod schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently using SpamAssassin 3.0.2 and would like to upgrade to 
> version 3.1.7. I would like to backup the currently installed version 
> but I don't know where all of the files are stored. I would appreciate 
> any input as to what files/directories to backup as well as any other 
> advice.
> 
> I should note that the output of my spamassassin --version command is 
> the following:
> 
> [root@mail3 spamassassin]# spamassassin --version
> SpamAssassin version 3.0.2
>  running on Perl version
> 

Which os/distro?

perhaps you want to read, the config-dirs should be mentioned there:
/usr/share/doc/spamassassin
man spamassassin

some directories are:
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/
> /etc/spamassassin/
> /etc/default/spamassassin
...


> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Rod

hth
MH (using Debian)

Re: Upgrading SpamAssassin

[Matthias Haegele <mh...@linuxrocks.dyndns.org>]

Rod schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently using SpamAssassin 3.0.2 and would like to upgrade to 
> version 3.1.7. I would like to backup the currently installed version 
> but I don't know where all of the files are stored. I would appreciate 
> any input as to what files/directories to backup as well as any other 
> advice.

> [root@mail3 spamassassin]# spamassassin --version
> SpamAssassin version 3.0.2
>  running on Perl version

Perhaps you have to upgrade Perl too ...

> 

perhaps this could help too:
http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc.html
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/UPGRADE

> Thanks for any help,
> Rod

MH