Safe to upgrade SpamAssassin?

[Chris W. Parker]

Julian Field <mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> wrote:

> > > > Aside from downloading the rpm and installing is there anything
> > > > else I should do? And is there anything I should look out for?
> > > 
> > > You have to install spamassassin via CPAN.
> > > Install Mail::SpamAssassin
> > > 
> > > Dont use the RPM's to avoid trouble.
> > 
> > Ok, I think I can do that. One last bit of clarification though,
> > does it cause a problem that the initial install of SA was done via
> > RPM? 
> 
> Delete the RPM before you start installing the new version. I can't
> remember the capitalisation used in the RPM, but one of these will do
>          it: rpm -e spamassassin
>          rpm -e SpamAssassin

I'll give it a shot and let everyone know how it goes.


Thanks,
Chris.