Tomasz Kojm wrote:
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.

Sorry for the false alarm then.

Thomas



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