Re: mail/spamassassin 3.4.1 does not start

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:49:38 +0200
Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost> wrote:

> I tried to update mail/spamassassin to 3.4.1 but it does not
> start:
> 
> child process [18000] exited or timed out without signaling production of a PID file: exit 255 at /usr/pkg/bin/spamd line 2987.

Same.

> Anybody got it working?

Check /var/log/maillog:

spamd[15813]: config: no rules were found! Do you need to run 'sa-update'?

Following this hint makes it work for me.

-Tobias