I wasn't very clear.  If you have spamassassin installed and do
not have perl-DB_File installed and then run

   sa-learn --spam some_file_with_spam

you get the error message


Cannot open bayes_path /rhome/john/.spamassassin/bayes R/O: No locks
available
Cannot open bayes_path /rhome/john/.spamassassin/bayes R/W:
Inappropriate ioctl for device
Cannot open bayes_path /rhome/john/.spamassassin/bayes R/W:
Inappropriate ioctl for device

The last is repeated many times.

This can be fixed by installing perl-DB_File.  I think that spamassassin
should depend on perl-DB_File which it currently does not as your test
shows.

I think a default install of 3.0.2 installs spamassassin but not
perl-DB_File (I may be wrong that spamassassin is a default, but I know
that perl-DB_File is not).

Both rpms are present and fine in 3.0.2 -- my objection was that
installing spamassassin does not force an install of perl-DB_File.

John



On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 08:52, Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hi John,
> After some checking, I guess I just don't see the problem.  Here is my output
> of a yum install of spamassasin
>
> # yum install spamassassin
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: SL 302 errata
> Server: SL 302 notsupported rpms
> Server: SL 302 main
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Resolving dependencies
> ...Dependencies resolved
> I will do the following:
> [install: spamassassin 2.55-3.1.i386]
> I will install/upgrade these to satisfy the dependencies:
> [deps: perl-Net-DNS 0.31-3.1.noarch]
> [deps: perl-Digest-HMAC 1.01-11.1.noarch]
> [deps: perl-Time-HiRes 1.38-3.i386]
> [deps: perl-Digest-SHA1 2.01-15.1.i386]
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages
> Getting perl-Net-DNS-0.31-3.1.noarch.rpm
> perl-Net-DNS-0.31-3.1.noa 100% |=========================| 158 kB    00:00
> Getting spamassassin-2.55-3.1.i386.rpm
> spamassassin-2.55-3.1.i38 100% |=========================| 425 kB    00:00
> Getting perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-11.1.noarch.rpm
> perl-Digest-HMAC-1.01-11. 100% |=========================|  11 kB    00:00
> Getting perl-Time-HiRes-1.38-3.i386.rpm
> perl-Time-HiRes-1.38-3.i3 100% |=========================|  22 kB    00:00
> Getting perl-Digest-SHA1-2.01-15.1.i386.rpm
> perl-Digest-SHA1-2.01-15. 100% |=========================|  15 kB    00:00
> Running test transaction:
> Test transaction complete, Success!
> perl-Digest-SHA1 100 % done 1/5
> perl-Digest-HMAC 100 % done 2/5
> perl-Net-DNS 100 % done 3/5
> perl-Time-HiRes 100 % done 4/5
> spamassassin 100 % done 5/5
> Installed:  spamassassin 2.55-3.1.i386
> Dep Installed:  perl-Net-DNS 0.31-3.1.noarch perl-Digest-HMAC 1.01-11.1.noarch
> perl-Time-HiRes 1.38-3.i386 perl-Digest-SHA1 2.01-15.1.i386
> Transaction(s) Complete
> #
>
>
> Also, here is my output of yum listing perl-DB_File
>
> # yum list perl-DB_File
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: SL 302 errata
> Server: SL 302 notsupported rpms
> Server: SL 302 main
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Looking in Available Packages:
> Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> perl-DB_File                        i386   2:1.804-88.4             sl302server
>
> Looking in Installed Packages:
> Name                                Arch   Version                  Repo
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> #
>
>
> So, it looks like you might not be pointing at a mirror that is fully populated.
>
> Troy
>
> Troy Dawson wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > I'm checking on this, but while I check could you send your yum error.
> > perl-DB_File is indeed included in 3.0.2, in particular
> > perl-DB_File-1.804-88.4.i386.rpm
> > Troy
> >
> > John Franks wrote:
> >
> >> We are rolling out SL 3.0.2 and our users quickly found that the
> >> spamassassin helper "sa-learn" fails with an error message.  It appears
> >> that the rpm package "perl-DB_File" is needed for sa-learn.
> >> Yum seems unaware of this dependency and I believe it is also missing in
> >> the 3.0.2 distribution.
> >
> >
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