Bug 353915

Summary:	mail-filter/spamassassin fails to start with exit code 255
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Charlie Page <charlie.page>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	eras
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Charlie Page 2011-02-07 00:17:43 UTC

There have been various problems with spam assassin starting.  The latest is:
child process [1027] exited or timed out without signaling production of a PID file: exit 255 at /usr/sbin/spamd line 2590.
There appears to be a suggested fix here:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Funixforum.org%2Findex.php%3Fs%3D7ebf0c1b004ff269f358d25650f3d3bc%26showtopic%3D118514%26st%3D0%26p%3D1106043%26%23entry1106043&act=url
[base URL in case the Google translate link doesn't work:]
http://unixforum.org/index.php?s=7ebf0c1b004ff269f358d25650f3d3bc&showtopic=118514&st=0&p=1106043&#entry1106043


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1./etc/init.d/spamd start
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Actual Results:  
child process [1027] exited or timed out without signaling production of a PID file: exit 255 at /usr/sbin/spamd line 2590.

Expected Results:  
[OK]

The potential fix above makes me think that I should include that I am using syslog-ng.

Comment 1 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev

2011-02-07 12:36:18 UTC

This is usually the result of no rules for SA to parse.  Please make sure you run sa-update before starting spamassassin for the first time.  Ebuild gives you a warning for this reason.

Please reopen if running sa-update does not solve the problem.