MailScanner.conf and spam.assassin.prefs.conf on upgrade

[Martin Hepworth]

Julian Field wrote:
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>
>> Julian
>>
>> maybe I've missed something on the recent upgrades, but on the
>> instructions it talks about using the upgrade_MailScanner_conf script to
>> merge in your config with the new Mailscanner.conf options.
>>
>> I've seen a few changes needed for SA3.0 for spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>> (on the fsl.com support pages) and you've just mentioned a change to the
>> file as shipped.
>>
>> How easy would it be to make a upgrade_spam_assassin_prefs_conf script
>> so any recent updates to this script are handled more automagically too??
>
>
> Not half so easily. I can spot the real lines in MailScanner.conf far
> more easily due to my simple key = value syntax.
>
> Note that you can use upgrade_MailScanner_conf on languages.conf files
> as well!
> One of these days I'll get around to documenting that. I don't want to
> do it now as it will need some testing, as I want the script to
> automatically work out what it's been asked to do and print different
> help accordingly.
>
> --
> Julian Field

Fair enough....

might be worth while documenting a 'diff' style approach and getting the
person doing the upgrade to check out changes..

or what about a little CVS style change log at the top of the file so we
can track changes better???

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


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