Bug 227622

Summary: Unable to pass argument to sa-update
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Milan Kerslager <milan.kerslager>
Component: spamassassinAssignee: Warren Togami <wtogami>
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Description Milan Kerslager 2007-02-07 04:38:13 UTC
As there is a standartized cron script now to utilize sa-update, please allow
pass arguments to this command. Use /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin to set
$SAUPDATEOPT, and use this in /usr/share/spamassassin/sa-update.cron:

[...]
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin ]; then
        . /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin
fi
/usr/bin/sa-update $SAUPDATEOPT

These argument are necessary to be able to alter sa-update default behaviour.

Also I dislike output (echo commands with mailing to root by cron daemon) in
this file even there is no (error) output. Please remove it along with tee
commad and redirection of output in the file /etc/cron.d/sa-update. Unix-like
style is to report nothing when there is no error.

There is also a possibility to add -D (--debug [area=n,...]) argument to the
sa-update to get output mailed if one need it.

Thank you.

Comment 1 Warren Togami 2007-02-19 18:47:02 UTC
I have since silenced it so it no longer generates mail.

What regular use case is there to have options to sa-update? 

Debug is not a good case, because you can just add it manually to the script and
watch it temporarily during your debugging.

Comment 2 Jason Tibbitts 2007-02-19 18:51:26 UTC
I'd say the configuration of alternate or additional channels is a reasonable
use case.

Comment 3 Milan Kerslager 2007-02-19 20:18:30 UTC
Yes. That's it. Thank you a lot.

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 06:07:26 UTC
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Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 19:10:41 UTC
This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
will not be fixed by Fedora. Therefore we are closing this bug.

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