Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-22 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 21.01.21 11:10, Steve Charmer wrote: on this documentation page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/UpgradingVersion "If you install using a Linux package installer: Debian unstable: apt-get install spamassassin " what is the meaning of "unstable" ? it's a debian quest

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Bill Cole wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Only if you have upgraded to an Ubuntu nightly or installing a > > backport would you get 3.4.5. > > Also required: a time machine. > > 3.4.5 is not yet released. There have been substantial fixes made to the 3.4 > branch since the last pre-release snapsho

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bill Cole
On 21 Jan 2021, at 17:05, Bob Proulx wrote: Only if you have upgraded to an Ubuntu nightly or installing a backport would you get 3.4.5. Also required: a time machine. 3.4.5 is not yet released. There have been substantial fixes made to the 3.4 branch since the last pre-release snapshot that

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Charmer wrote: > SA was originally installed using apt-get (Ubuntu-16) I recommend upgrading from Ubuntu 16 to 18.04 and letting it upgrade spamassassin as part of that upgrade. Then upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 and again let it upgrade spamassassin along with everything else. That's the be

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Charmer wrote: > on this documentation page: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/UpgradingVersion > > "If you install using a Linux package installer: > Debian unstable: apt-get install spamassassin > " > what is the meaning of "unstable" ? > it sounds scary, like the

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 1/21/2021 11:25 AM, Bill Cole wrote: On 21 Jan 2021, at 11:08, Steve Charmer wrote: I would "like" to backup everything, for safety, that is why I included a list of the directories (fodlers) which I thought had Spamassassin content, to get feedback from other users if they are the correct

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Bill Cole
On 21 Jan 2021, at 11:08, Steve Charmer wrote: I'm sorry, but I do not understand your message. I thought an upgrade fixes bugs. Maybe you are thinking about an update, which seems like it would updates rules in *.samples? From the man page for 'apt-get': update Used to re-synchronize t

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Steve Charmer
on this documentation page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/UpgradingVersion "If you install using a Linux package installer: Debian unstable: apt-get install spamassassin " what is the meaning of "unstable" ? it sounds scary, like the package should not be run in live ma

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-21 Thread Steve Charmer
I'm sorry, but I do not understand your message. I thought an upgrade fixes bugs. Maybe you are thinking about an update, which seems like it would updates rules in *.samples? I would "like" to backup everything, for safety, that is why I included a list of the directories (fodlers) which I thoug

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-20 Thread RW
On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:31:33 -0500 Steve Charmer wrote: > SA was originally installed using apt-get (Ubuntu-16) > BACKUP > I would feel safer if I had a backup of the current spamassassin > system. is there a recommended method to backup all files to a tar? > > I think I have identified these f

Re: Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-20 Thread Steve Charmer
are these the important folders which need to be backed up? PREFIX=/usr, DEF_RULES_DIR=/usr/share/spamassassin, LOCAL_RULES_DIR=/etc/spamassassin, LOCAL_STATE_DIR=/var/lib/spamassassin and... /var/lib/spamassassin/3.004002 does that match to SA version 3.4.2 ? I see 3.00... and think, NO that i

Upgrading from 3.4.2 to 3.4.5, how to

2021-01-19 Thread Steve Charmer
Hi, I am running version 3.4.2 /usr/bin/spamassassin -V SpamAssassin version 3.4.2 running on Perl version 5.22.1 spamd --version SpamAssassin Server version 3.4.2 running on Perl 5.22.1 with SSL support (IO::Socket::SSL 2.024) with zlib support (Compress::Zlib 2.068) which spamd