On 2008-09-30 12:24, Per Jessen wrote: > I'm was about to deploy libclamav* on some new machines, when I noticed > that the libraries needed libiconv. The build-machine obviously had > this library installed so it got selected automagically. > > Before I go and install libiconv on my new servers, I was just wondering > what the advantage of it is in relation to clamav? It's obviously > optional, and clamav sems to do quite well without it.
It allows to better handle HTML files with different encodings. If you don't have iconv installed, there is a replacement in clamav that knows UTF8,UTF16, and UTF32. If you want to disable iconv at configure time, use --without-iconv, or --with-iconv=no. Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
