SpamAssassin upgrade question...

[Devon Harding - GTHLA]

Is installing from CPAN considered from source?  It just seems like a simple one step process.

-Devon

-----Original Message-----
From: Ugo Bellavance [mailto:ugob at CAMO-ROUTE.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:38 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: SpamAssassin upgrade question...

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Richard Siddall [mailto:richard.siddall at ELIRION.NET]
> Envoyé : Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:35 PM
> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Objet : Re: SpamAssassin upgrade question...
> 
> 
> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> > You should not use RPMs for spamassassin, while used with 
> mailscanner.  Please build from the source.
> >
> > Ugo
> >
> >
> 
> Why not?
> 
>         Richard.
> 

RPMs install are a major source of problems.  It is so quick to install from source, there isn't really an advantage to use rpms.