Dennis Peterson wrote: [David Skoll = DS] >> If you do an upgrade, you keep your old configuration file.
[DP] > No - I don't, actually. I mean the default behaviour if you do an upgrade is to keep the old configuration file. This is the default for source installations and (I believe) RPM installations. Debian will use the new config file unless you've edited the old one, in which case it asks what you want to do. > Indeed. And now I understand better the problem's root cause which > is re-using old config files. Yikes! If this is "Yikes!"-inducing, then Clam should version its config files and refuse to run if the config file has the wrong version. The default for source installations is to happily use the old file. (Also, as others have mentioned, it's not purely a config file issue. Some people use other ways than clamscan or clamd to call into libclamav, and the hard-coded default has changed.) > Perhaps they should issue a warning or advisory against re-using the > config files from previous versions as this has the potential to > introduce surprises. I suppose. Better just to develop the software carefully so it doesn't introduce surprises. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
