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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: /etc/mail/spamassassin)
         --updatedir=path              Directory to place updates
                 (default: /var/db/spamassassin/compiled/<perlversion>/3.003001)
         --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

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





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       --sudo
           Use sudo(8) to run code as 'root' when writing files to the
           compiled-rules storage area (which is
           "/var/db/spamassassin/compiled/5.012/3.003001" 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/mail/spamassassin" or similar).

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

                   /var/db/spamassassin/compiled/5.012/3.003001

           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>.



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

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

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

PREREQUESITES
       "Mail::SpamAssassin" "re2c" "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Rule2XSBody"

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

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

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




































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