ports/114014: mail/p5-mail-spamassassin : spamd not showing process title when using option --virtual-config-dir

[Ludger Bolmerg]

The following reply was made to PR ports/114014; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ludger Bolmerg <lbolmerg at web.de>
To: Michael Scheidell <scheidell at secnap.net>,  bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: ports/114014: mail/p5-mail-spamassassin : spamd not showing process
 title when using option --virtual-config-dir
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:05:46 +0200

 Michael Scheidell wrote:
 > 
 > Try starting by hand with:
 > 
 > spamd -x --listen-ip=127.0.0.1 -u spamd -H /var/spool/spamd \
 > --allowed-ips=192.103.202.0/24,127.0.0.1 \
 > --virtual-config-dir=/var/spamassassin/user_prefs/%u \
 > -d -r /var/run/spamd/spamd.pid
 > 
 > I get this:
 > 
 > ps -auxww | grep spamd
 > root    30621  0.0  5.7 61808 58968  ??  Ss    4:22PM   0:02.20 
 > /usr/local/bin/spamd -x --listen-ip=127.0.0.1 -u spamd -H 
 > /var/spool/spamd --allowed-ips=192.103.202.0/24,127.0.0.1 
 > --virtual-config-dir=/var/spamassassin/user_prefs/%u -d -r 
 > /var/run/spamd/spamd.pid (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   30636  0.0  5.7 61808 58968  ??  I     4:22PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   30637  0.0  5.7 61808 58968  ??  I     4:22PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > root    31023  0.0  0.1  1508   856  p1  LL+   4:23PM   0:00.00 grep spamd
 > 
 > 
 > but, increase the command line length and it fails:  (issue is not 
 > sa-spamd.sh   I did not use sa-spamd.sh)
 > 
 > spamd -x --max-children=20 --min-children=5 --min-spare=2 --max-spare=10 
 > --listen-ip=127.0.0.1 -u spamd -H /var/spool/spamd 
 > --allowed-ips=193.103.202.0/24,127.0.0.1 
 > --virtual-config-dir=/var/spamassassin/user_prefs/%u -d -r  
 > /var/run/spamd/spamd.pid
 > 
 > I get this:
 > 
 > ps -auxww | grep spamd
 > spamd   37082  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37083  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37084  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37085  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.02 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37086  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.02 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37087  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.02 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37088  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37089  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.02 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37090  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.02 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > spamd   37091  0.0  5.6 61812 58920  ??  I     5:02PM   0:00.01 spamd 
 > child (perl5.8.8)
 > 
 > so, this is not a sa-spamd.sh problem,
 > 
 > I suspect that the length of the commandline is the issue, and that 
 > adding in --virtual-config-dir cause the tip past the point of it working.
 > 
 
 Replacing --listen-ip by -i and --allowed-ips by -A and thus reducing 
 the length of the command line solved the issue.  Thanks for pointing me 
 into the right direction.
 Is this a perl or an OS issue?