On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:01:10AM +0100, Lars Bahner wrote: > You are way ahead of me! Go right ahead an publish at will. Also please > close my ITP, when you dupload :)
Ok, I will package it ASAP. Currently I can't do it because the source code is missing a license and a copyright file. I have been told (by debian-legal) that these are essiential for GPL code. I have a preliminary version available at <URL:http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~ftp/debian/> It will have to go in contrib because I cannot get it to work with kaffe, it needs security libraries in jdk >= 1.2. > On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 03:12, Brian May wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 02:42:01AM +0100, Lars Bahner wrote: > > > Real soon now :) I was ready to ship scannerdaemon, when I thought that: > > > > Great! > > > > > a) I might as well add patternfiner + docs as they comr from the same > > > source > > > b) include filters for postfix and exim so they work out of the box > > > c) add virushammer as well. > > > > > > This was maybe a mouthful, because the packet is only half way there. > > > Did you intend to package scannerdaemon with filters for postfix/exim? > > > > I noticed that the upstream source code doesn't have some important > > files (eg. license file and copyright file). So I asked debian-legal if > > this was OK, and they said it needs to get fixed. I filled a bug report > > about this problem on sourceforge, but haven't yet got a response. > > > > > Maybe we could coordinate efforts? > > > > In case you are interested, I have my packages for scannerdaemon (and > > patternfinder is in the same package) and CVS version of amavisd (with > > postfix support and scannerdaemon support and nothing else) online at > > <URL:http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~ftp/debian/>. Please let me know if you > > have problems accessing it (I haven't tested downloading it with apt). > > > > Some key changes of scannerdaemon: > > - init.d script that starts and stops it properly as a daemon, > > using the perl script I wrote. > > - support for running it as non-root (I am not really sure I like the > > idea of running it as root...). > > > > Yet to work out for scannerdaemon: > > - virus signatures included in package, perhaps these should > > be split up and put in another package? > > - would be better if it could go in main, not contrib... > > > > Some key changes of amavis: > > - hacked out code that checks for arc, as arc is no longer > > in debian. This needs checking. > > - hacked install code to work with debian/rules install (previously > > it tried to "chown vscan $files"; I prefer the amavis user, and besides, > > it should be able to build on a system without this user). > > - init.d script. > > - support for debian style /var/run/amavis.pid, and running > > as nonroot. > > - hacked to include scannerdaemon support even though ScannerDaemon.jar > > cannot be found. > > - postinit script uses dpkg-statoverride to set directory > > ownership correctly (taken from example in debian policy). > > - use /var/lib/amavis and /var/lib/amavis/virusmails. > > - fixed problem that previously mean '${prefix}/../var/amavis" > > was hardcoded in amavis - now it is /usr/../var/amavis. > > > > Yet to do for amavis: > > - might be better to include all virus scanners, and let the > > user configure which ones they want. > > - fix yucky /usr/../var/ paths. > > - find out why running automake prevents autoconc from working > > properly (I have added touch statements to prevent this > > from occuring). > > - possibly move some stuff from prerm to postrm. > > - would be better if it could go in main, not contrib... > > > > So with these packages I can just install scannerdaemon, then amavis, > > make small changes to postfix, and everything just works. > > > > Feel free to use anything I have done for your package. > > -- > > Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- > Lars Bahner, > http://lars.bahner.com/ > > Nihil est sine ratione cur potius sit, quam non sit. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
