On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Bob Mortimer spake: > On Friday 19 Nov 2004 17:40, you wrote: > >> > when I try to sa-learn my ham/spam I get the following: >> > /usr/bin/sa-learn: /usr/bin/perl5.8.3: bad interpreter: No such file >> > or directory >> >> I've always thought that "No such file or directory" was one of the >> clearest messages from a computer, but people ask all the time what it >> means. > > Yes, I know what it means, but see below (I'm not sure exactly where the > request for /usr/bin/perl5.8.3 is coming form or how I fix it) ...
It's on the first line of the sa-learn script (which names the interpreter, i.e., perl, to use to interpret the script). > I'm still not sure where to go from here - I initially suspected that > spamassassin was compiled against perl5.8.3 and was therefore looking for > that ... Correct. (Except that it isn't compiled --- only spamc is a compiled program --- but that's a nit..) > which is why I recompiled it hoping that would fix things but it > hasn't. It certainly should have done. What does the top line of sa-learn read? -- `The sword we forged has turned upon us Only now, at the end of all things do we see The lamp-bearer dies; only the lamp burns on.'
