> > I'm having a problem installing SA 2.55
> >
> > The server is running Redhat 7.2 (I think) has 256Mb RAM and 
> plenty of spare
> > disk space.
> >
> > When I go to cpan, I can get and make Mail::SpamAssassin no 
> problems, but
> > when I 'make test' I get this:
> 
> [snip..]
> > t/razor2............skipped test on this platform
> > t/razor.............skipped test on this platform
> > t/recips............ok
> > t/reportheader......ok
> > t/rule_tests........ok
> > t/spamc_B...........
> > ----------------------
> >
> > when t/spamc_B is reached, server load rockets and the server 
> is completely
> > unusable. Syslog shows
> > kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 18527 (perl).
> >
> > eventually the server keels over and has to be rebooted
> >
> > Anyone had similar experiences or knows what the problem is?
> 
> Are you running the test as user "root"?
> Try running it as some other user, preferably as the "spamd" user
> (or what ever user you've set up to run your spamd as).
> 
> When you do the 'make test' as root, the test harness tries to start
> up the test "spamd" as user "nobody". Depending upon your system this
> may cause problems. We use HP-UX and it defines nobody == -2 which
> causes those tests to fail.

I have now tried this using a non-root user and the same problem occurs

Anybody any more suggestions?

Al



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