amavisd.conf.disabled on debian (amavisd-new)

Hi,

I have amavisd-new on debian, which I'm finding quite useful
in the never 
ending fight against spam, but whenever I update _anything_
using apt-get, 
dpkg fails because the install/update always moves my
amavisd.conf to 
amavisd.conf.disabled.  This is really, really, really
boring.  Is there a 
simple way to stop this happening, that I've clearly
missed?

I've already tried:

	echo "amavisd-new hold" | dpkg --set-selections

which doesn't appear to do anything useful...

Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions.

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Richard Foley schrieb am Mittwoch, den 17. Oktober 2007:

Hi Richard, 

> I have amavisd-new on debian, which I'm finding quite
useful in the never 
> ending fight against spam, but whenever I update
_anything_ using apt-get, 
> dpkg fails because the install/update always moves my
amavisd.conf to 
> amavisd.conf.disabled.  This is really, really, really
boring.  Is there a 
> simple way to stop this happening, that I've clearly
missed?
> 
> I've already tried:
> 
> 	echo "amavisd-new hold" | dpkg
--set-selections
This won't help as your system is currently broken. 
Whats helps is if you really want to use a full bloated
amavisd.conf (not
supported by us) you can remove anything out from conf.d and
move your
amavisd.conf in there after that. 

After an "apt-get -f install" the system should
work again. 
In the latest version on unstable I fixed this behaviour
down to a warning so
it shouldn't be that annoying. 

Alex - Debian amavisd-new maintainer 

P.S. Why don't you ask on the debian amavis list or fill a
bug? 



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On Wednesday 17 October 2007 08:43, Alexander Wirt wrote:
> Richard Foley schrieb am Mittwoch, den 17. Oktober
2007:
> 
> Hi Richard, 
> 
Hi Alex,

Geesh - that was quick 

> > I've already tried:
> > 
> > 	echo "amavisd-new hold" | dpkg
--set-selections
>
> This won't help as your system is currently broken. 
>
Oh.

> Whats helps is if you really want to use a full bloated
amavisd.conf (not
> supported by us) you can remove anything out from
conf.d and move your
> amavisd.conf in there after that. 
> 
I'm just using it because it's there, presumably from an
earlier install.  
Perhaps I need to fix my installation...

> After an "apt-get -f install" the system
should work again. 
> In the latest version on unstable I fixed this
behaviour down to a warning 
> so it shouldn't be that annoying. 
> 
Great, thanks Alex, I'll give it a shot.

> Alex - Debian amavisd-new maintainer 
> 
The mail hit the right person then 

> P.S. Why don't you ask on the debian amavis list or
fill a bug? 
> 
I wasn't sure whether it was a bug, or just my installation,
hence the 
question.  Sounds like a bit of both...

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Alex,

> ...if you really want to use a full bloated
amavisd.conf (not
> supported by us)

The "full bloated amavisd.conf" in 2.5.2 is 733
lines,
of which 423 lines are assignments to lists av_scanners
and decoders, which hardly ever needs touching by admin
and can be moved to a separate file and included through 
include_config_files(), if so desired.
The remaining 310 lines should be examined and modified
as needed by administrator.

  Mark

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On Wednesday 17 October 2007 12:24, Mark Martinec wrote:
>
> The remaining 310 lines should be examined and
modified
> as needed by administrator.
> 
I'm down to about 20 or so, possibly relevant, lines, and
I'll see how much 
they're needed, very soon.  

Thanks for the tips, guys.

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