[Slackbuilds-users] spamassassin rules

[LukenShiro]

Hi everyone,

I'm preparing an update for spamassassin SlackBuild. New version
(3.3.0) does not ship with SA rules any longer. Previously stock
(default) rules were in /usr/share/spamassassin/..., local
(modified by sysadmin) rules in /etc/mail/spamassassin/ and dynamically
updated ones were in /var/lib/spamassassin/....somedir.... These
directories should be recognized in new version, too.

I've a doubt concerning how to "include" rules in upcoming package;
AFAIK in abstract terms possible choices may be the following:

1) I could insert a "/usr/bin/sa-update" in doinst.sh, to
_automatically_ download and install rules
in /var/lib/spamassassin/3.003000/updates_spamassassin_org/
(not difficult to do, problem: a user is supposed to have a working
connection when installing/upgrading this slack package)

2) I could allow a user to download rules file bundled with spamassassin
source file (listing both of them in .info), and I could find a way to
install it manually within spamassassin .SlackBuild script
in /usr/share/spamassassin (maybe).

3) I could create a new slack package for SA rules only (e.g.
spamassassin_rules-3.3.0_r901671) depending on spamassassin .tgz. It
will maybe install files in /usr/share/spamassasin

4) I could ignore the rules problem completely :-P ... that is: I could
put a simple warning in README about the need to run "sa-update" as root
before using spamassassin (failure to do so means there are no rules at
all). Not bad, as a system administrator could easily take care of
future rules updates without waiting for SA package update.

What do you guys think about this problem?

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