The SpamAssassin has published a rules file for eons along with
releases, e.g. the bolded part of the release:
Released version, 4.0.0
SpamAssassin in tar.gz format. (signatures: GPG SHA-256 SHA-512)
SpamAssassin in tar.bz2 format. (signatures: GPG SHA-256 SHA-512)
SpamAssassin in ZIP format. (signatures: GPG SHA-256 SHA-512)
Announcement, Detailed Changes
* SpamAssassin sa-update rules tarball, for use if you cannot run
sa-update to download these automatically after installing. (signatures:
GPG SHA-256 SHA-512)*
If you don't like what a distribution such as redhat chooses to do from
there should really be discussed with those package maintainers.
Regards,
KAM
On 12/20/2022 11:01 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote:
On 12/19/2022 11:10 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
Actually, not really. Packages should be able to run out of the box,
with no network fetching needed. The pkgsrc entry -- also updated to
4.0.0 -- fetches the release rules at package build time and includes
them. But, it does build 😄
I haven't yet looked through the spec file, but it occurred to me that
the rules are included to test the build and perhaps are not included
in the package. One could also move them to a subpackage for end users
who need to test the installation in a disconnected state.
--
Kevin A. McGrail
kmcgr...@apache.org
Member, Apache Software Foundation
Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project
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