On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 03:17, Cassandra Lynette Brockett wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AltGrendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Getting spamd to start on boot. > > > > Very valid response, especally for the sys admin that has many boxes to > > maintain. Some people prefer to install some things "by hand'" via > > tarball. I don't really think that it's valid for every situation, but I > > like to do that so I can get a feel for what's going on with an > > installation and what the requirements, are and what goes where when > > installed. It just depends on how hands-on you want to be. > > That is quite true - though personally I have another machine which I use to > "test" new software on, so I don't run into the hassles of suddenly finding > "strange" "wandering" files around, so I build the "real" package from the > tarball on that machine - test it there to make sure it works like I expect, > and then install the new package on the server I intended to run it on. >
That's what I was trying to alude to. I did that with SA 2.3x thru 2.4x. Once I was comfortable with it, I started using CPAN for the installs/upgrades on the production systems. No rpms or tarballs needed. Toe-may-toe / Toe-mah-toe. :) -- AltGrendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
