Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:20:25 -0600 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>, Michael Whitley <mwhitley@czinetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 4.8 and the spamassassin 2.6x port Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20040123132025.01e31c58@10.0.0.15> In-Reply-To: <08497192-4DD7-11D8-A782-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <000c01c3e1db$d1bd2ff0$0f8a23a6@open.wcomnet.com> <000c01c3e1db$d1bd2ff0$0f8a23a6@open.wcomnet.com>
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At 02:04 PM 1.23.2004 -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: >On Jan 23, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Michael Whitley wrote: >> I have read through the archives and seen that newer versions of >> Spamassassin have fits with freebsd because of an outdated perl >> version. I noticed that there is a SpamAssassin 2.6 port out for >> freeBSD 4.9 but was wondering if anyone has had success with >> installing it on a 4.8 system? > >FreeBSD 4.8 should be recent enough that you can use a modern ports >tree without the CONFLICTS feature causing problems, so use CVSUP to >update your ports tree to the current version. From there, install >/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8, and then run "use.perl port". > >That should give you the latest version of Perl, from which you can >then install the p5-Mail-SpamAssassin port (or spamass-milter, or >amavisd, or whatever). You can also try installing the software via >"perl -MCPAN -e shell \;", and do an "install Mail::SpamAssassin", but >the ports mechanism is better tested. > >-- >-Chuck > For SA-2.6x, perl5.003 is fine. But as of yesterday, the developer advised me that when SA-3.0 is released, perl5.6.1 is required and recommended -- see my earlier post. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator Sage American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com
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