Hi > I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX > server after making minor source code edits, the time > involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also > included a complete rebuild of Apache and PHP on the Mac (I > have fast machines) so using old and outdated software > because your waiting on an updated RPM doesn't make any logical sense.
You miss the point. This is not about having less work to update, this is about having NO work to update. An example: We so have some Windows servers running since years which use McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. It loads DAT-File (definitions) a few times a day (as freshclam does). But it also loads Engine-Updates every few months. Some of these servers have not been touched for more than a year. It simply works. This is what should be archieved, IMHO. Exspecially on virus scanner updates, I would think it is very important to have that, because most administrators of smaller systems will NOT monitor which versions become available and will immediately update everything, exspecially when compiling is involved. Most admins of small companies need to do this additionally to their primary job and only work on it, if required. For most of them "required" is just then, when a new virus already made it into their system. I know, it would be better to have full time admins which keep track and update immediately, but this is life. McAfee DOES a great job on this - even though I assume this is way easier on windows. (Yes, I assume this IS an advantage of windows.) Anyway, there must be a way to give this advantage to linux users. Not using libraries but statically linking all required dependencies would put more memory footprint to the system, but would make engine update schemes possible. Think about it. Regards, Steffen
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