Sorry Mark, I’ll actually take my discussion with Dale offline so we don’t 
pollute the thread.  

I think Steve Morgan is working with you on the issue you started this thread 
with.  Sounds like my discussion with Dale is a separate issue.




On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Mark Allan <markjal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I'm not sure if you're talking to me or Dale.  If you're talking to 
> me, my testing was done two days ago using ClamAV 0.98.1
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 21 Mar 2014, at 13:16, Joel Esler (jesler) <jes...@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
>> DMG support was just added in the last version of ClamAV.  How long ago did 
>> you do this testing?
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 8:22 PM, Dale Walsh <d...@daleenterprise.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> You did miss it but it's a two headed nail.
>>> 
>>> PDF, DMG, XAR and RAR have had issues not recognizing the test viruses to 
>>> name just a couple that spring to mind that we've had trouble with and this 
>>> all started happening when the clang and crap entered the picture.
>>> 
>>> I've worked with the developers in the past, once the build environment 
>>> dependancies changed and I was told I had to upgrade my OS and build tools 
>>> is when it was no longer possible to resolve these issues as the update 
>>> solely for the purpose of building ClamAV is not an option and I shouldn't 
>>> be forced to use someone else's built tool preferences just because they 
>>> have the luxury of updating on a whim or purely for bragging rights.
>>> 
>>> It does not matter if my OS is dated, security patches are applied to the 
>>> build tools as they become available and this seems to satisfy all other 
>>> software that build from source except ClamAV.
>>> 
>>> Having everything build with GCC 4.0 would allow me/us to re-deploy ClamAV 
>>> and contribute to the code base again (I have in the past) but the chances 
>>> of this are slim to non from what I recall because my OS and build tools 
>>> are dated and listening to rants about ancient and deprecated is nothing 
>>> more than someone spewing stupidity.
>>> 
>>> The fact that I ensure all bugs and updates to the build tools are 
>>> fixed/added allows me to keep everything in harmony and there is no reason 
>>> to update anything to build a single software package when all other 
>>> software sources seem to be content with the existing build environment.
>>> 
>>> If you wish to go off-list to continue the discussion I have no objections.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- Dale
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 16:35 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dale,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your email.  I’m not sure exactly what you are referring to.  
>>>> Maybe I am missing a connection here or something, but the discussion was 
>>>> around scanning DMG and XAR, which I think, if there’s a issue with, we’d 
>>>> be more than happy to work with anyone to try and square away.
>>>> 
>>>> You seem to be discussing a build issue, and you say that it’s a waste of 
>>>> time.  When did you get the impression that working with the developers 
>>>> was a waste of time?  If we’re not communicating well enough, we can fix 
>>>> that.  But I think the team is doing a good job of that judging by the 
>>>> amount of complaints I have received since we took over the project from 
>>>> the old ClamAV team.
>>>> 
>>>> Please let me know if we need to take this offline and discuss or anything 
>>>> I can do to help.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Joel Esler
>>>> Open Source Manager
>>>> Threat Intelligence Team Lead
>>>> Vulnerability Research Team
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Dale Walsh 
>>>> <d...@daleenterprise.com<mailto:d...@daleenterprise.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Mark, this has been an issue for many versions along with a slew of others 
>>>> things not working as expected.
>>>> 
>>>> As much as I liked ClamAV, we've abandoned it as a mail solution shortly 
>>>> after things stopped working correctly and they changed the required build 
>>>> tools so you can no longer build it with GCC 3.3/4.0/4.1/4.2 and have a 
>>>> fully functional app.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes there are flags to get it to build but certain modules and features 
>>>> don't build and making an incomplete and partially functional binary isn't 
>>>> appealing.
>>>> 
>>>> Advice on updating build tools is a waste of time as there is no reason to 
>>>> update the build tools just to build ClamAV as it's the only one that has 
>>>> this ridiculous built-tool requirement and only an idiot would tell me to 
>>>> update.
>>>> 
>>>> My thoughts on this is simple, if it doesn't build with the basic GNU GCC 
>>>> compiler tools then it's seriously flawed and needs these other tools to 
>>>> overcome the short-comings of poorly written/implemented code.
>>>> 
>>>> When I say build, I mean build with full functionality so don't go off the 
>>>> deep-end stating it builds, partial functionality may be acceptable to you 
>>>> bhut it isn't to me.
>>>> 
>>>> At this time, for personal use, I use the source code but repackage the 
>>>> build environment to work with what I have and I'm comfortable with 
>>>> submitting corrections and patches, too much focus and complaints on my 
>>>> build tools so why waste my time.
>>>> 
>>>> -- Dale
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 19, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Rafael Ferreira wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Interesting... let me run some tests and get back to you.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 19, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Mark Allan 
>>>> <markjal...@gmail.com<mailto:markjal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just out of interest, did you test to see if it *actually* worked?
>>>> 
>>>> My configure output shows that dmg and xar are supported, but it doesn't 
>>>> actually detect the Eicar test file within a disk image.
>>>> 
>>>> configure: Summary of engine detection features
>>>>          autoit_ea06 : yes
>>>>          bzip2       : ok
>>>>          zlib        : /usr
>>>>          unrar       : yes
>>>>          dmg and xar : yes, from /usr
>>>> 
>>>> When I create a new disk image, copy the Eicar test file in, and scan the 
>>>> dmg, it shows up as being clean.
>>>> 
>>>> clamscan test.dmg
>>>> test.dmg: OK
>>>> 
>>>> ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>>>> Known viruses: 3259558
>>>> Engine version: 0.98.1
>>>> Scanned directories: 0
>>>> Scanned files: 1
>>>> Infected files: 0
>>>> Data scanned: 10.07 MB
>>>> Data read: 10.02 MB (ratio 1.01:1)
>>>> Time: 4.845 sec (0 m 4 s)
>>>> 
>>>> Does this work as expected for anyone else?
>>>> 
>>>> Mark
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 Feb 2014, at 23:38, Rafael Ferreira 
>>>> <r...@uvasoftware.com<mailto:r...@uvasoftware.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That worked, thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> On February 10, 2014 at 4:29:41 PM, Steven Morgan 
>>>> (smor...@sourcefire.com<mailto:smor...@sourcefire.com>) wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Rafael,
>>>> 
>>>> Probably all you need to do install libxml&libxml2-dev, which is used by
>>>> dmg and xar, then do your configure/make.
>>>> 
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Rafael Ferreira 
>>>> <r...@uvasoftware.com<mailto:r...@uvasoftware.com>>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Folks,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm compiling clamav 0.98.1 on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and I'm not
>>>> getting the new super awesome DMG and XAR file support:
>>>> 
>>>> configure: Summary of detected features follows
>>>> OS : linux-gnu
>>>> pthreads : yes (-lpthread)
>>>> configure: Summary of miscellaneous features
>>>> check : no (auto)
>>>> fanotify : yes
>>>> fdpassing : 1
>>>> IPv6 : yes
>>>> configure: Summary of optional tools
>>>> clamdtop : (auto)
>>>> milter : yes (disabled)
>>>> configure: Summary of engine performance features)
>>>> release mode: yes
>>>> jit : yes (auto)
>>>> mempool : yes
>>>> configure: Summary of engine detection features
>>>> autoit_ea06 : yes
>>>> bzip2 : ok
>>>> zlib : /usr
>>>> unrar : yes
>>>> dmg and xar : no
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing a configure flag or third party library?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> 
>>>> - Rafael
>>>> 
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