sa-compile

SA-COMPILE(1p)        User Contributed Perl Documentation       SA-COMPILE(1p)

NAME
       sa-compile - compile SpamAssassin ruleset into native code

SYNOPSIS
       sa-compile [options]

       Options:

         --list                        Output base string list to STDOUT
         --sudo                        Use 'sudo' for privilege escalation
         --keep-tmps                   Keep temporary files instead of deleting
         -C path, --configpath=path, --config-file=path
                                       Path to standard configuration dir
         -p prefs, --prefspath=file, --prefs-file=file
                                       Set user preferences file
         --siteconfigpath=path         Path for site configs
                                       (default: /usr/etc/spamassassin)
         --updatedir=path              Directory to place updates
                 (default: /var/lib/spamassassin/compiled/<perlversion>/3.004004)
         --cf='config line'            Additional line of configuration
         -D, --debug [area=n,...]      Print debugging messages
         -V, --version                 Print version
         -h, --help                    Print usage message

DESCRIPTION
       sa-compile uses "re2c" to compile the site-wide parts of the
       SpamAssassin ruleset. No part of user_prefs or any files included from
       user_prefs can be built into the compiled set.

       This compiled set is then used by the
       "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Rule2XSBody" plugin to speed up
       SpamAssassin's operation, where possible, and when that plugin is
       loaded.

       "re2c" can match strings much faster than perl code, by constructing a
       DFA to match many simple strings in parallel, and compiling that to
       native object code.  Not all SpamAssassin rules are amenable to this
       conversion, however.

       This requires "re2c" (see "http://re2c.org/"), and the C compiler used
       to build Perl XS modules, be installed.

       Note that running this, and creating a compiled ruleset, will have no
       effect on SpamAssassin scanning speeds unless you also edit your
       "v320.pre" file and ensure this line is uncommented:

         loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Rule2XSBody

       Additionally, "sa-compile" will not restart "spamd" or otherwise cause
       a scanner to reload the now-compiled ruleset automatically.

OPTIONS
       --list
           Output the extracted base strings to STDOUT, instead of generating
           the C extension code.

       --sudo
           Use sudo(8) to run code as 'root' when writing files to the
           compiled-rules storage area (which is
           "/var/lib/spamassassin/compiled/5.030/3.004004" by default).

       --quiet
           Produce less diagnostic output.  Errors will still be displayed.

       --keep-tmps
           Keep temporary files after the script completes, instead of
           deleting them.

       -C path, --configpath=path, --config-file=path
           Use the specified path for locating the distributed configuration
           files.  Ignore the default directories (usually
           "/usr/share/spamassassin" or similar).

       --siteconfigpath=path
           Use the specified path for locating site-specific configuration
           files.  Ignore the default directories (usually "/etc/spamassassin"
           or similar).

       --updatedir
           By default, "sa-compile" will use the system-wide rules update
           directory:

                   /var/lib/spamassassin/compiled/5.030/3.004004

           If the updates should be stored in another location, specify it
           here.

           Note that use of this option is not recommended; if sa-compile is
           placing the compiled rules the wrong directory, you probably need
           to rebuild SpamAssassin with different "Makefile.PL" arguments,
           instead of overriding sa-compile's runtime behaviour.

       --cf='config line'
           Add additional lines of configuration directly from the command-
           line, parsed after the configuration files are read.   Multiple
           --cf arguments can be used, and each will be considered a separate
           line of configuration.

       -p prefs, --prefspath=prefs, --prefs-file=prefs
           Read user score preferences from prefs (usually
           "$HOME/.spamassassin/user_prefs") .

       -D [area,...], --debug [area,...]
           Produce debugging output.  If no areas are listed, all debugging
           information is printed.  Diagnostic output can also be enabled for
           each area individually; area is the area of the code to instrument.

           For more information about which areas (also known as channels) are
           available, please see the documentation at
           <http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DebugChannels>.

       -h, --help
           Print help message and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print sa-compile version and exit.

SEE ALSO
       Mail::SpamAssassin(3) spamassassin(1) spamd(1)

PREREQUISITES
       "Mail::SpamAssassin" "re2c" "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Rule2XSBody"

BUGS
       See <http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/>

AUTHORS
       The Apache SpamAssassin(tm) Project <https://spamassassin.apache.org/>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
       SpamAssassin is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, as
       described in the file "LICENSE" included with the distribution.

       Copyright (C) 2015 The Apache Software Foundation

perl v5.30.0                      2023-03-24                    SA-COMPILE(1p)