= Building SpamAssassin 2.63 on ActivePerl 5.8.2.808 =

In order to do this, you essentially need to modify Makefile.PL, moving some code from the postamble to the constants section. The [[http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/attachment.cgi?id=1721&action=view|modified file]] is posted in [[http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2955|bug 2955]].

Here's how to do it yourself:

  1. Find the subroutine MY::constants. Just before the clean_MY_globals call, add the following code: {{{
  push(@code, "PREPROCESS    = \$(PERL) build/preprocessor");
    
  my($repository);
  $repository = uc($SELF->{INSTALLDIRS}) || 'SITE';

  foreach my $macro (qw(PREFIX SYSCONFDIR)) {
    push(@code, macro_def('I_' . $macro,
                    macro_ref($repository . $macro)));
  }
  }}}

  2. In the following section (MY::postamble). Comment out (or remove the following):{{{
  foreach my $macro (qw(PREFIX SYSCONFDIR)) {
    push(@code, macro_def('I_' . $macro,
                    macro_ref($repository . $macro)));
  }
  }}}

  3. Also remove the following line:{{{
PREPROCESS    = $(PERL) build/preprocessor
  }}}

By: BretMiller