bf_compact: Invalid option 'db-transaction'

[David Relson]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:01:22 +0300
Mattias Wikstrom wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm having trouble running the bf_compact script that is included in
> the 1.1.5 release. The compact procedure is aborted by the following
> error message:
> 
>    $ bf_compact .bogofilter/
>    Invalid option 'db-transaction'
> 
> When examining the script it appears that bogoutil does not accept
> the parameter "--db-transaction=no". This is also confirmed when
> executing bogoutil:
> 
>    $ bogoutil --db-transaction=no
>    Invalid option 'db-transaction'
> 
> I have release 1.1.1 installed on another machine and there
> everything seems to be working fine. Is this is a bug in the current
> release and how can i fix it? Is it safe to remove the
> "--db-transaction=no" parameter for bogoutil in bf_compact?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mattias Wikstrom

Hello Matthias,

Works fine for me!  Comparing the source code of bogoutil-1.1.1 to
bogoutil-1.1.5 there have been _no_ changes in the processing of
the --db-transaction option.

What's the source of your bogoutil executable? It sounds like it was
configured _without_ transaction support.  

When I run "bogoutil --version" it says:

 bogoutil version 1.1.5
    Database: Sleepycat Software: ... (...) AUTO-XA 
 Copyright (C) 2002-2007 David Relson, Matthias Andree
 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Gyepi Sam.

The AUTO-XA indicates that bogoutil will check the database and use
transactions (if appropriate) and not use them (when not appropriate).

The output of "bogoutil --help" lists the "--db-transaction" option.

A version of bogoutil built without transaction report will say:

  bogoutil version 1.1.5
    Database: Berkeley DB ...: (...) NON-TRANSACTIONAL

Note the "NON-TRANSACTIONAL".

Also the "--help" message will not include the "--db-transaction"
option.

HTH,

David

P.S. Sorry about the delayed response to your query.