On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:02:31AM +0100, Steffen Heil said: > Hi > > > I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX > > server after making minor source code edits, the time > > involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also > > included a complete rebuild of Apache and PHP on the Mac (I > > have fast machines) so using old and outdated software > > because your waiting on an updated RPM doesn't make any logical sense. > > You miss the point. > This is not about having less work to update, this is about having NO work > to update.
Then use a binary distribution. > An example: > We so have some Windows servers running since years which use McAfee > VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. > It loads DAT-File (definitions) a few times a day (as freshclam does). > But it also loads Engine-Updates every few months. > Some of these servers have not been touched for more than a year. It simply > works. > > This is what should be archieved, IMHO. Then use a binary distribution. > Exspecially on virus scanner updates, I would think it is very important to > have that, because most administrators of smaller systems will NOT monitor > which versions become available and will immediately update everything, > exspecially when compiling is involved. Most admins of small companies need > to do this additionally to their primary job and only work on it, if > required. For most of them "required" is just then, when a new virus already > made it into their system. > > I know, it would be better to have full time admins which keep track and > update immediately, but this is life. > > McAfee DOES a great job on this - even though I assume this is way easier on > windows. (Yes, I assume this IS an advantage of windows.) > Anyway, there must be a way to give this advantage to linux users. Not using > libraries but statically linking all required dependencies would put more > memory footprint to the system, but would make engine update schemes > possible. Then use a binary distribution. Do you not get that this is already being done? It is just not the job of the clamav development team. I make and distibute binary packages for Debian. Others here do it for RedHat, Solaris, MacOSX, and many other platforms. Take a look at the clamav.net, and click on 'binary'. What is so hard here, and why is this still a conversation? What you want exists - go look for it. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Give me a fish and I will eat today. | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Teach me to fish and I will eat | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | forever. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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