Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:34:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Helge Oldach <ports-mail-spamassassin-jul13@oldach.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: beech@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/180498: ports/mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin throws away precious auto-whitelist Message-ID: <201307121534.r6CFYrl8020609@sep.oldach.net> Resent-Message-ID: <201307121540.r6CFe0hk032164@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 180498 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ports/mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin throws away precious auto-whitelist >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 12 15:40:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Helge Oldach >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-679 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD localhost 9.1-679 FreeBSD 9.1-679 #0: Thu Apr 25 11:40:01 CEST 2013 toor@localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HMO i386 >Description: With r319458 it was introduced to unconditionally remove /var/spool/spamd. This has at lest three undesireable side effects: 1) /var/spool/spamd often contains precious databases, for instance auto-whitelists collected over extended periods. These should certainly not go away after uninstall. 2) /var/spool/spamd is the home directory of the "spamd" user; it is created upon "mkuser spamd" and will be removed safely by a "rmuser spamd". Actually the port deinstall advises to do so manually, so there is absolutely no need to fiddle with it during automatic port deinstall. 3) Once /var/spool/spamd is removed after a (current) port deinstall, it is gone and will not be recreated during a fresh port re-install. This will lead to lots of error messages when running SpamAssassin under the "spamd" user, because its home directory is gone. And the databases mentioned above won't be re-created anyway... >How-To-Repeat: Deinstall, see if /var/spool/spamd is still there. It's not. :-( >Fix: Back out r319458. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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