aCaB wrote: > M. Lewis wrote: >> I have a client who for a variety of reasons is still running Fedora >> Core 3. I know he has worse problems that Clamav being out of date with >> this, but I'm wondering if there is a way to get Clamav up to date on >> this system. >> >> Previously all upgrades were done via RPM, which of course has not been >> possible for a long time. >> >> If I were to remove the existing clamav (clamav-0.88.7-1) and install >> the current version from source, are the libraries and all there that >> are needed to compile the current version on this old machine? I would >> think probably they are not, but I'd like to confirm this with someone >> more knowledgable. > > Hi, > > you you have gcc 2.95 or less, then forget about compiling it. You will > get any sort of compilation errors. Working them around is not trivial BTW. > > If you can somehow get a gcc 3.x installed then you should be able to > compile clamav without major problems. > Old libraries should link ok (although most of them are probably > exploitable), with the exception of libmilter. If you don't need > clamav-milter that shouldn't really bother you. > > -acab
Thanks acab. That's about what I thought. I note you said 'somehow get a gcc 3.x installed'. That's not likely to be trivial either is it? Thanks, Mike -- A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do. 06:55:01 up 4 days, 9:49, 2 users, load average: 0.61, 0.47, 0.45 Linux Registered User #241685 http://counter.li.org _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
