Hi there,
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 Stephen Gran wrote:
> I have seen freshclam fail several times when run as a daemon, but
> all in exactly the same way - stuck in a read() on a network socket.
> This problem has been fixed for some time, and I have not seen
> another failure since the fix went in.
That's useful information, thanks. In the changelog I see this, which
seems a little too recent to be described as "fixed for some time".
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Mon Aug 7 20:49:48 CEST 2006
...
- freshclam/manager.c: fix possible infinite loop when read() fails
in get_database(), spotted by Everton da Silva Marques
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Is it the fix to which you refer?
Can anyone who has seen freshclam hang say whether or not they've seen
it hang after installing a version later than the release of Aug 7 2006?
I believe that this would be version 0.88.4 or later.
>From the response I've seen to my original request I have renewed faith
in freshclam. :) Perhaps when I was using versions earlier than 0.88.4
the network and the mirrors in the UK were more reliable than elsewhere.
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73,
Ged.
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