snowcrash+sa writes: > i currently use a cron job to > > sa-update --channelfile /usr/local/etc/sa/update-DIST-ch.conf > sa-update --channelfile /usr/local/etc/sa/update-SARE-ch.conf > > pulling updates, as available, into my system-wide rules update directory. > > if updates exist, then i compile them, > > sa-compile --sudo -D > > resulting in compiled rules that override the non-compiled distro'd files. > > works fine here. and, i /think/ is the generally intended (?) > behavior of sa-compile'ing.
yep. > question: > > any reason NOT to ALSO compile other, non-SA/SARE rules? > > e.g., FuzzyOcr could benefit from a performance boost. just not clear > to me if it can be compiled, or benefit if it does. basically, only body regexp rules: body FOO /bar/ can be compiled. FuzzyOcr doesn't work that way.... --j.