> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Fretwell > Sent: woensdag 2 maart 2005 11:43 > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade > > > Mark wrote: > > > MySQL distributes pre-compiled binaries, too (because of irky glibc > > issues on some platforms); and with great success, I might add. > > To no one in particular, I'll mention first. > > If it is that important, run M$ & Exchange. You'll have your > auto updates then. > > I really do wish people would stop constantly whingeing > about what Clam doesn't do.
Who is whining? I was just following this discussion, from a distance, and merely mentioned that precompiled binaries, though uncommon on UNIX system, are done by MySQL, for instance. Also, in the course of investigating, it never hurts to figure out what libraries a program really needs. > Be thankful for what you have. It has only been running for 1 day; so I will let you know, in a while, whether I really have something to be grateful for. :) > And if you're admins, what do you get paid to do? Not to compile stuff, if that's what you think. I get paid to keep systems running. If in the course of my duties I need to compile, I need to do that too, of course. But the primary goal is to keep things going, and stable. And secure, while I'm at it. :) It may surprise you, but in a professional environment, having to recompile/reinstall Anti-Virus engines, on a regular basis, makes some people at the top floor nervous. Because it means a possible disruption of mail. Not if everything goes well, of course; but especially for those occassions where new engines introduce equally new regression errors, for instances; or simply new bugs. Updating databases, ok, everybody understands that. Plus, if you have a good database upgrade script, you will backup old data first, so you can restore in case the newly downloaded database got corrupted somehow. But recompiling the entire engine, if having to be done too frequently, honestly, that makes the brass nervous. So, I am currently evaluating ClamAV. And if it turns out I have to recompile every week, then I can tell you that I will probably look elsewhere. Per irony, you could say I get paid NOT to compile. :) That is, I am expected to come up with viable, and stable solutions. Cheers, - Mark _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
