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Package: clamav
Version: 0.88.2-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
"clamav" is pulled by "sylpheed-claws-clamav" (which is pulled by
sylpheed-claws-plugins) on my system, hence I end up with
clamav-freshclam, but not with clamav-daemon.
Each time /etc/cron.d/clamav-freshclam is run, it will read
/etc/clamav/clamd.conf and reload the daemon via the configured
LocalSocket. Since I don't have the daemon, I don't have the
/var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl socket, and it fails, hence the mail.
Please make sure that freshclam doesn't try to update the daemon when
it isn't installed. For example:
- move the the config file to the dameon package (this is probably the
hardest with the compatibility hacks in place, and it won't cover
cases where the dameon package is removed but not purged)
- test for the presence of the dameon's binary on the system prior to
trying to open the socket in freshclam (ugly)
- shell snipset that tests for the daemon's presence in the crontab
Bye,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
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Versions of packages clamav depends on:
ii clamav-freshclam [clamav-data 0.88.2-1 downloads clamav virus databases f
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libclamav1 0.88.2-1 virus scanner library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages clamav recommends:
ii arj 3.10.22-2 archiver for .arj files
ii unzoo 4.4-4 zoo archive extractor
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Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"You can gtk_main_run, but you can't gtk_widget_hide." --danw, 19-jul-04
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On Sun, May 07, 2006, Stephen Gran wrote:
> Specifying a single binary check loses the ability to have freshclam
> notify an out of band clamd in this way.
I agree with that.
> I am not sure I understand you here. At any rate, freshclam does not
> support reading an alternate config file.
What I meant was to use the current freshclam.conf as a template to a
real freshclam.conf which would be generated depending on the existence
of the clamd daemon on the system.
> It seems reasonable on the face of it, but again, I don't immediately
> see a way to know which clamd to check for. If you can think of that, I
> will implement it.
No, I can't think of anyway to do that, as clamd can be in /opt or
whatever, and it might be useful to report that the socket does not
exist, or is not connected.
I understand your desire to support this mode of operation, and can not
think of any way of supporting my desire of robustness while being
flexible enough to permit out of the Debian packages clamd
installations.
Hence, I'm closing my bug, thanks for the discussion!
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Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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