On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:55:28PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
> Theo, et al --
> % I don't know how it'll find the rules files, but that may be handled
> % as well.  To be honest, I haven't actually done a install in non-standard
> % location with SA, so ... :|
> 
> That might be a reason to build with PREFIX and LIB set even if I don't
> do an install.

the -c option for spamassassin tells it where to find the rules
directory.

On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:54:00PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
> Michael --
> 
> ...and then Michael Stenner said...
> % unpack the tarball in ~/local/
> 
> I saw that but originally shied away from that; why would I want source
> in there?  I think I see that it might be helpful, though...

The distinction between source and executable gets a bit fuzzy when
the program is pure perl :)

> % Then, cd into that directory and do "perl Makefile.PL; make".  There's
> % no need to do a "make install".
> 
> Ahhhh...  And the script, when called by procmail, should happily find
> its module because it will be looking in the same directory.  I get it.

Precisely.  It knows where it's modules are because it knows where
_it_ is.

> % :0fw
> % | $HOME/lib/SpamAssassin/spamassassin -P -a -c $HOME/lib/SpamAssassin/rules
> 
> Thatnks for the handy help; I'll note this.

yeah, if you do it my way, the -c option is necessary.

                                        -Michael
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