svn commit: r478648 - /spamassassin/trunk/README

[jm...@apache.org]

Author: jm
Date: Thu Nov 23 11:30:39 2006
New Revision: 478648

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=478648
Log:
bug 5191: README file does not mention local state dir, fix

Modified:
    spamassassin/trunk/README

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/README
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/README?view=diff&rev=478648&r1=478647&r2=478648
==============================================================================
--- spamassassin/trunk/README (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/README Thu Nov 23 11:30:39 2006
@@ -216,6 +216,22 @@
         '/usr/share/spamassassin/user_prefs.template'
 
 
+In addition, the "Distributed Configuration Files" location is overridden
+by a "Local State Directory", used to store an updated copy of the
+ruleset:
+
+  __prefix__    __local_state_dir__
+  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /usr          /var/lib/spamassassin/__version__
+  /usr/local    /var/lib/spamassassin/__version__
+  /opt/$DIR     /var/opt/spamassassin/__version__
+  $DIR          $DIR/var/spamassassin/__version__
+
+This is normally written to by the "sa-update" script.  "__version__" is
+replaced by a representation of the version number, so that multiple
+versions of SpamAssassin will not interfere with each other's rulesets.
+
+
 After installation, try "perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" to see what
 can be set. Common first-time tweaks include: