Tomasz Kojm wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:05:13 +0200
> Thierry Besancon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> Please freeze this devel version and release a 0.93.2 version to
>> fix this problem.
>>     
>
> Next time please give a try to the RC versions
>   


Thierry Besancon wrote:
> On 2008-06-13 14:45:29, Tomasz Kojm wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:49 +0200
>> Sim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Yes, I can reconfirm the good work of fix.
>>>
>>> # freshclam
>>> ClamAV update process started at Fri Jun 13 14:31:55 2008
>>> main.cvd is up to date (version: 46, sigs: 231834, f-level: 26, builder:
>>> sven) Downloading daily-7464.cdiff [100%]
>>> daily.cld updated (version: 7464, sigs: 84189, f-level: 31, builder:
>>> ccordes) Database updated (316023 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP:
>>> 193.206.139.37)
>>>
>>>
>>> Waiting for stable version,
>>>       
>> To make the things clear: we have no plans for releasing 0.93.2 as it
>> would affect our schedule for 0.94. The problem you're facing could
>> get fixed in 0.93.1 if more people gave it a try. Unfortunately, this
>> issue depends on the zlib version installed (only some versions are
>> affected) in the system that's why we couldn't reproduce it on our test
>> boxes. The development version uses a different method for handling
>> .cld files and it's not affected by this problem. The best I can do for
>> you is to create a patch against 0.93.1 which will replace the current
>> code for handling database files with the one from clamav-devel
>>     
>
> If you can create such a patch, why can't you apply it against a 0.93.1
> release and name the result 0.93.2 ?  The bug is identified, isn't it ?
>
> The bug is quite severe. It stops my production server for one night.
> As the bug only appears when new signatures are available, I had hard
> time finding what may goes wrong.  I subscribed to the mailing list
> to look if other people were encountering the bug too.  I tried to
> search the archives that weren't not available because some html page
> were zeroed.  I started debugging the code too.  So i can't accept
> the easy answer "The problem you're facing could get fixed in 0.93.1
> if more people gave it a try".  I gave it more than a try.

Tomasz was refering to giving a try to RC versions, if the bug would
have been found in the 0.93.1-rc version,
then it could have been fixed in 0.93.1.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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