On Wed, 5 May 2010, Charles Gregory wrote: > On Wed, 5 May 2010, Paul Whelan wrote: > >>>> Is there a problem with this mirror? > > Yes, as I read http://www.clamav.net/mirrors.html > > paul > > Okay, I can see on that page the problem with the Canadian mirror > clamav.gossamer-threads.com, just as I asked about last week. > > But does this logging of problems mean that someone is *doing* something > to insure the reliability of the mirrors? Also, if the selected mirror for > an update fails, shouldn't freshclam try another mirror? Or is that > happening, and the only fault is that my cron job only shows the errors > and not a followup successful update from the other mirror? > > (Note: my cron is programmed to /dev/null freshclam reports that look > perfectly normal)
That's exactly what seems peculiar. Here's my cron output (with no filtering): -------------------------------------- ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:12:30 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Trying again in 5 secs... ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:12:38 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Trying again in 5 secs... ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:12:46 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.us.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Giving up on db.us.clamav.net... ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:12:51 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Trying again in 5 secs... ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:13:01 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Trying again in 5 secs... ClamAV update process started at Sat May 1 03:13:10 2010 main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, builder: sven) Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... WARNING: getfile: daily-10880.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 155.98.64.87) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-10880.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd Trying host db.local.clamav.net (155.98.64.87)... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] WARNING: Mirror 155.98.64.87 is not synchronized. Giving up on db.local.clamav.net... Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons. -------------------------------------- I would expect freshclam to try (or to be directed to) a different mirror after each failure, instead of the same one over and over again. Alan Stern _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
