On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:08:55 +0200
Thomas Lamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> IIRC freshclam doesn't even update the local database if your local 
> installation has a too small "functionality level".  I guess it was 

Even if the f-level is smaller than required one freshclam still
attempts to update the database. All *.cvd databases are backward
compatible but older libclamav versions can't use some new features they
provide.

> implemented with major database format changes in mind, like 0.72
> simply won't load databeses with the new md5 hashes in it (it would
> die).

Older versions just ignore internal hash databases in cvd files.

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