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Date:      Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:50:01 -0600
From:      eculp <eculp@encontacto.net>
To:        Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@gmail.com>
Cc:        Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: spamassassin problem with upgrade
Message-ID:  <20100212175001.14602qujqgxzctus@econet.encontacto.net>
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Quoting Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I found that if I started the service on the commandline using:
>>>
>>> spamd -d -C /usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin/ -r /var/run/spamd/spamd.pi=
d
>>>
>>
>> Is this actually scoring your email, normally?  IMO, the -C should point =
to
>> the configuration files that are in /usr/local/share/spamassassin which
>> generates the original error.
>>
>> I tried your version and it does what you said but doesn't actually score
>> spam.
>>
> Urgh no!  I realized after I'd last posted on the list that that commandli=
ne
> doesn't actually do anything to filter my spam... grr. :(
>
> I then went on to try fixing the problem as quoted above using pkg_rmleave=
s
> (ran pkg_rmleaves, removed p5-Mail-Spamassassin and all it's dependencies,
> reinstalled SA), but this did not fix the problem for me either.
>
> After that I reverted SA back to the old version just to stem the flow of
> spam for now until either a fix is released or I get the chance to look in=
to
> it further.
>
> FYI if anyone wants to revert back to the old version of the SA port, what=
 I
> did was:
>
>    1. cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portdowngrade/ (fantastic tool!)
Agreed, I knew it existed but had never used it.
>    2. make install clean
>    3. portdowngrade -s:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.fr.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
>    mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin -o (when prompted, login using password =20
> 'anoncvs')
>    4. Select '5' when prompted (double check this though, pick the version
>    of SA you want to revert back to).
>    5. Opt to revert back to that version in portdowngrade when prompted.
>    6. portupgrade -f p5-Mail-SpamAssassin
>    7. Start SA.
>
> That should hopefully have the effect of reverting back to the old version
> of SA and allow you to start the daemon without the error message

It seems to.  It started at least;) And ! ! ! YES IT WORKS ! ! !  =20
Thanks for the temporary work around and the detailed instructions =20
that are perfect.  It saved me a lot of time.

Hopefully this will be worked out in ports shortly.  Maybe the perl =20
upgrade will do it but I don't even want to think about it for a =20
couple of days.

Have a great weekend,

ed

>
> All the best.
>
> --
> Jez Hancock
> - System Administrator / PHP Developer
>
> http://freebsd.munk.me.uk/      - A FreeBSD Admin Weblog
> http://ipfwstats.sf.net/        - ipfw peruser traffic logging
>




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