On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How does sa-update know if to update or not without going over the
> network?
>
> channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org
> channel: update directory
> /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org
> channel: channel cf file
> /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org.cf
> channel: channel pre file
> /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org.pre
> 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
sa-update uses a DNS lookup to check the serial number. Notice your debug
line that says:
dns: 3.2.3.updates.spamassassin.org => 556472, parsed as 556472
The DNS lookup -is- a network operation, so it is going over the network.
You just did not recognize it as such.
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