If we did anything like this, I think it would be very important to break the rule files up into two separate pieces to distinguish rules that are very dependent on the particular .pm version - i.e. the eval() stuff.
Rules would almost need a major/minor version number like a library. -- Nathan On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 16:32, David T-G wrote: > Hi, all -- > > ...and then Jim Howard said... > % > % Please forgive me and point me there if this has been addressed already... > > Same here. > > > % > % I'm using SA 2.11, and would love to update the rulebase on a regular > % basis, but I don't want to reinstall and config SA again and again. > > I actually had a couple of off-list discussions about this as I was going > through the throes of a non-system-wide installation, but I've kept mum > as I learn how SA works, particularly as I watch for a new release and > then see what's new or different. > > I think of SA as in the same class as a virus scanner; you have the > engine, which changes rarely, and the signature files, which change > often. One should be able to get the latter without having to get the > baggage of the former (much less need an installation as well). > > I also haven't looked around the sourceforge site to see if the rules > themselves are available, but it seems that a directory with the rules > that is available by the web would be easy to keep up to date with wget > to do the mirroring, and away we go. > > Anyway, I'm interested in how to solve the same problem and look forward > to pointers. Maybe I've even completely misunderstood the structure of > SA and need some reeducation :-) > > > TIA & HAND > > :-D > -- > David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles > (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie > (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
