sa-update configuration pre rules

[Skip <sk...@pelorus.org>]

I'm trying to use sa-update for the first time, but I am getting some 
errors.  I hope you gurus can help.

I believe the root of my problem is that sa-update is looking for my 
*.pre rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin.  But my rules are not there.  And 
I don't see a command line option to tell sa-update to look somewhere 
else (like the --siteconfigpath option for the spamassassin command).  I 
do not have access to my /etc directory, so moving my rules there is not 
an option.  Am I missing something in the sa-update command that will 
get me going?

Cheers!
Skip

peloruso@pelorus.org [~]# sa-update --updatedir 
/home/peloruso/.spamassassin/ \
--gpghomedir .spamassassin/ --gpgkey 6C6191E3 --channel 
sought.rules.yerp.org \
--channel updates.spamassassin.org -D
[5217] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all
[5217] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG
[5217] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4
[5217] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen.
[5217] dbg: dns: no ipv6
[5217] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes
[5217] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.63
[5217] dbg: generic: sa-update version svn607589
[5217] dbg: generic: using update directory: /home/peloruso/.spamassassin/
[5217] dbg: diag: perl platform: 5.008008 linux
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Digest::SHA1, version 2.11
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: HTML::Parser, version 3.56
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Net::DNS, version 0.63
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: MIME::Base64, version 3.07
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: DB_File, version 1.815
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Net::SMTP, version 2.31
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Mail::SPF, version v2.005
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Mail::SPF::Query, version 1.999001
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: IP::Country::Fast, version 604.001
[5217] dbg: diag: module not installed: Razor2::Client::Agent ('require' 
failed)
[5217] dbg: diag: module not installed: Net::Ident ('require' failed)
[5217] dbg: diag: module not installed: IO::Socket::INET6 ('require' failed)
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: IO::Socket::SSL, version 1.14
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Compress::Zlib, version 2.001
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Time::HiRes, version 1.9715
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Mail::DomainKeys, version 1.0
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Mail::DKIM, version 0.32
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: DBI, version 1.605
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Getopt::Long, version 2.37
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: LWP::UserAgent, version 5.810
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: HTTP::Date, version 5.810
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Archive::Tar, version 1.38
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: IO::Zlib, version 1.09
[5217] dbg: diag: module installed: Encode::Detect, version 1.01
[5217] dbg: gpg: adding key id 6C6191E3
[5217] dbg: gpg: Searching for 'gpg'
[5217] dbg: util: current PATH is: 
/ramdisk/bin:/ramdisk/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/courier-imap/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/peloruso/bin:/home/peloruso/usr/bin
[5217] dbg: util: executable for gpg was found at /usr/bin/gpg
[5217] dbg: gpg: found /usr/bin/gpg
[5217] dbg: gpg: release trusted key id list: 
5E541DC959CB8BAC7C78DFDC4056A61A5244EC45 
26C900A46DD40CD5AD24F6D7DEE01987265FA05B 
0C2B1D7175B852C64B3CDC716C55397824F434CE 6C6191E3
[5217] dbg: channel: attempting channel sought.rules.yerp.org
[5217] dbg: channel: update directory 
/home/peloruso/.spamassassin/sought_rules_yerp_org
[5217] dbg: channel: channel cf file 
/home/peloruso/.spamassassin/sought_rules_yerp_org.cf
[5217] dbg: channel: channel pre file 
/home/peloruso/.spamassassin/sought_rules_yerp_org.pre
[5217] dbg: dns: 4.2.3.sought.rules.yerp.org => 682080, parsed as 682080
[5217] dbg: channel: preparing temp directory for new channel
[5217] dbg: generic: update tmp directory /tmp/.spamassassin5217OxWvR5tmp
[5217] dbg: generic: lint checking site pre files once before attempting 
channel updates
[5217] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4
[5217] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen.
[5217] dbg: dns: no ipv6
[5217] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes
[5217] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.63
[5217] dbg: ignore: using a test message to lint rules
[5217] dbg: config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules pre files
[5217] dbg: config: using "/tmp/.spamassassin5217OxWvR5tmp/doesnotexist" 
for sys rules pre files
[5217] dbg: config: using "/tmp/.spamassassin5217OxWvR5tmp/doesnotexist" 
for default rules dir
[5217] dbg: config: using 
"/tmp/.spamassassin5217OxWvR5tmp/doesnotexist/doesnotexist" for user 
prefs file
config: no configuration text or files found! please check your setup
[5217] dbg: conf: finish parsing
[5217] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen.
[5217] dbg: message: main message type: text/plain
[5217] dbg: message: ---- MIME PARSER START ----
[5217] dbg: message: parsing normal part
[5217] dbg: message: ---- MIME PARSER END ----
check: no loaded plugin implements 'check_main': cannot scan! at 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 164.

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Re: sa-update configuration pre rules

[Matt Kettler <mk...@verizon.net>]

Skip wrote:
> I'm trying to use sa-update for the first time, but I am getting some 
> errors.  I hope you gurus can help.
>
> I believe the root of my problem is that sa-update is looking for my 
> *.pre rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin.  But my rules are not there.  
> And I don't see a command line option to tell sa-update to look 
> somewhere else (like the --siteconfigpath option for the spamassassin 
> command).  I do not have access to my /etc directory, so moving my 
> rules there is not an option.  Am I missing something in the sa-update 
> command that will get me going?
>
Sounds like you really need to rebuild spamassassin and provide the 
Makefile.pl all the right paths. That way you don't need to explicitly 
specify directories all the time, SA will already know the right 
directories to look in.

Read the "Installing SpamAssassin for Personal Use (Not System-Wide)" 
section of the INSTALL file. Pay particular attention to this part:

	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$HOME

INSTALL is included in the tarball, or can be found here:

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.2/INSTALL