This is predicated on the developers of the database incrementing the
"functionality level" when they make changes like this.

I'm still not sure I get it, but there seems to be some resistance to doing
this consistantly.

Some changes in detection seem to make it into CVS, and I think future
versions without a change in the db functionality level - so the code is
there, and maybe it was originally for MAJOR changes - not simply one or two
viruses that need the upgrade, but it doesn't seem to make sense for the way
people use this project...

my 2 cents.

m/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Moore
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Clamav Engine upgrades?
>
>
> Jeremy Kitchen wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 August 2004 12:46 pm, Ryan Moore wrote:
> >
> >>Such that if freshclam downloads a signature and if the
> >>signature has a 'engine version requirement' or some attribute that can
> >>be compared against the installed engine, if the installed engine isn't
> >>newer, give a nasty warning in the log.
> >
> >
> > it already does this.  search the archives for 'functionality level'
> >
> >
> >>WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED - please update
> immediately !
> >>WARNING: Current functionality level = 1, required = 2
> >
> >
> > -Jeremy
> >
>
> I didn't get any such warnings on any of my machines, they were all
> using clamav 0.72 with freshclam daemonized (with LogVerbose in
> freshclam.conf). Do you have to do anything special to get this sort of
> behavior? Also did anyone get these warnings when running a version
> previous to 0.75.1?
>
>
> Ryan Moore
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