Török Edwin wrote:
> On 2009-03-04 19:28, Dennis Peterson wrote:

>>
>> This can be tested by having some adventurous affected user run with only 
>> third 
>> party signatures - if it is that which is at fault then clamd will continue 
>> to 
>> crash. Since this happens only while loading signatures it can be tested 
>> off-line.
>>   
> 
> As far as I understand the crash occurs when reloading the signatures
> (actually when freeing old signatures),
> but only if clamd had some load before (i.e. it doesn't crash just by
> reloading the signatures on a fresh clamd).
> That makes me think this has to do with some memory corruption from
> earlier, or is dependent on the timing
> of events.
> 

Ok -- this supports the idea I have of disassociating this problem from 
third-party vendors as it has bad implications for their reputations.

>>
>> The only issue I see is that clamd CPU usage goes to 97%+ when loading a new 
>> signature from freshclam.
>>   
> 
> That is normal.
> 

Is there not a "nice" way to do this?

dp
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