languages.conf becomes zero bytes

[Scott Silva]

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Nigel Kendrick wrote:
> I've just run an rpm upgrade to MailScanner on a couple of CentOS-based
> servers (one running 3.3 and one running 4) using MailScanner-4.42.5-1 and
> the net effect seems to be that languages.conf goes to zero bytes.
>
> Does the following line presume there's an .rpmnew file in the 'en' folder
> because the install hasn't created one and the .new that's created is 0
> bytes - so if this is mv'd into place as per the instructions all hell
> breaks loose in maillog!
>
> Here's the line:
>
> upgrade_languages_conf languages.conf languages.conf.rpmnew > languages.new
>
> Nigel
>
I was bit by this long ago, and haven't ran upgrade_languages_conf
since. I suppose if I ever see the rpmnew file I'll try it again.

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