Re: sa-compile will not configure

[Robert Steinmetz]

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RW wrote: On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:37:35 -0400 Robert Steinmetz wrote: I upgrades my working Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS SpamAssassin version 3.4.1. Something happened during the upgrade and I ma now unable to get sa-compile to configure properly. Here is the message root@thelma:~# dpkg --configure sa-compile Setting up sa-compile (3.4.1-3) ... Running sa-compile (may take a long time) Can't exec "rm": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/sa-compile line 374, <$fh> line 1. make: chmod: Command not found This is likely an Ubuntu/Debian problem. On the face of it it look like sa-compile is being run without a properly set PATH variable. Note that you do need to run sa-update after changing versions of spamassassin as it will be looking for rules in a 3.4.1 specific directory. Thanks for the response. It is a problem of a failed upgrade. I posted the problem on the Ubuntu forum so far not response. I agree it looks like the $PATH is not set correctly, where in spamassassin of sa-compile would that be set? I ran the command as superuser. I would expect that sa-compile would use the user's $PATH which definitely includes "rm" and "chmod", sso somewhere sa-compile or spamassassin must reser the $PATH or run as another user with an incorrect $PATH. I found the entry below in /etc/passwd debian-spamd:x:136:144::/var/lib/spamassassin:/bin/sh I ran sa-update it ran without error. I ran sa-compile again and this was the output; root@thelma:~# sa-update root@thelma:~# sa-compile Apr 18 09:27:38.942 [8741] info: generic: base extraction starting. this can take a while... Apr 18 09:27:38.942 [8741] info: generic: extracting from rules of type body_0 Can't exec "stty": No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/Progress.pm line 158. 100% [===========================================] 1246.47 rules/sec 00m00s DONE Can't exec "stty": No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/Progress.pm line 158. 100% [===========================================] 254.60 bases/sec 00m09s DONE Apr 18 09:27:48.738 [8741] info: body_0: 1146 base strings extracted in 10 seconds cd /tmp/.spamassassin8741LlVWi0tmp reading bases_body_0.in Can't exec "rm": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/sa-compile line 374, <$fh> line 1. cd Mail-SpamAssassin-CompiledRegexps-body_0 re2c -i -b -o scanner1.c scanner1.re re2c -i -b -o scanner2.c scanner2.re re2c -i -b -o scanner3.c scanner3.re re2c -i -b -o scanner4.c scanner4.re re2c -i -b -o scanner5.c scanner5.re re2c -i -b -o scanner6.c scanner6.re /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/tmp/.spamassassin8741LlVWi0tmp/ignored INSTALLSITEARCH=/var/lib/spamassassin/compiled/5.022/3.004001 Generating a Unix-style Makefile Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin::CompiledRegexps::body_0 Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json make make: chmod: Command not found Makefile:400: recipe for target 'blib/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/CompiledRegexps/.exists' failed make: *** [blib/lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/CompiledRegexps/.exists] Error 127 command failed: exit 2 root@thelma:~# tty is in /usr/bin rm is in /bin chmod is in /bin sa-complie is in /usr/bin root@thelma:/usr/bin# ls -ld sa-compile -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22014 Nov 10  2015 sa-compile Looking at sa-compile it seems $PATH is set this looks to me like it overwrites the search path. if (!$modname) {     $modname = "Mail::SpamAssassin::CompiledRegexps::$ruleset_name";   }   our $PATH = $modname;   $PATH =~ s/::/-/g;   $PATH =~ s/[^-_A-Za-z0-9\.]/_/g; rm seems to be used without an absolute path at line 374 below. $force and system("rm -rf $PATH"); I am not a perl expert, I hardly know anything about it. Perhaps someone can shed some light on this. I could edit sa-compile and add /bin/rm, /usr/.bin/tty then track down the chmod and add /bin/chmod where it occurs later. somehow that seems the wrong way to fix it. -- Robert Steinmetz, AIA Principal Steinmetz & Associates

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