On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:14:30AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does sa-update know if to update or not without going over the > network?
Tachyon particles. Ok, seriously, it couldn't. > channel: metadata version = 556472 > dns: 3.2.3.updates.spamassassin.org => 556472, parsed as 556472 > channel: current version is 556472, new version is 556472, skipping channel > diag: updates complete, exiting with code 1 Ok, you're running 556472 and the latest version is 556472, so no update available. > # host updates.spamassassin.org > updates.spamassassin.org A record currently not present Right, there is no A record. > # tcpflow -i ppp0 & sa-update > shows no traffic. Looking for version numbers happens via UDP, it's a DNS lookup, I'm guessing tcpflow doesn't look at UDP? (this is the first time I've heard of tcpflow) > I see, maybe it detected that the last time I ran sa-update was less > than 24 hours ago and so didn't even try? Nope, you can run it as often as you want. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "Theo: Your message content is oftentimes upstaged by your randomly generated taglines." - Jim Flanagan
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