On 03/19/2010 09:16 AM, John Williams wrote:
> Ok...so it is.  Apparently the version I'm getting through apt-get on ubuntu
> is .95.2.  Looking at the site the newest is .95.3.  Well ok so I need to
> update.  However I have a major issue.  I was planning to use clamav to scan
> user uploaded files, however when I import pyclamav and it register's out of
> date it doesn't just politely inform me it's time to update it takes down my
> entire django development server with it.

That is a bug in pyclamav, or how it is used then.
Can you show a simple example of using pyclamav that dies when clamav is
out of date?

> 
> I can't fathom a possible reason that the best response the an out of date
> virus scanner is the moment it gets imported to kill the entire process.
>  Log a warning sure, go "No way I'm not going to let you scan anything until
> you update".  Worse it managed to kill the entire development server process
> for some unknown reason.  I can't ever imagine launching a live site with
> something that I've seen act like this.  I miss an update by a few days of a
> mostly non essential piece of software and my entire file upload system (and
> possibly even the webserver) is done for?
> 
> Clearly the "solution" to the problem is to update my version....but how do
> I prevent clam from doing this at all.  If I'm slow to update it shouldn't
> completely disable itself.

It doesn't, it keeps scanning. At least that happens when you use clamd
or clamscan.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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