As in administrator I would be very afraid to automate the installation or updating of any software.
Are you doing many machines? If so, and they all use the same OS, why not build on one, and just distribute the build to all the others? Just sharing :) > From: deha...@drever.be > To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:32:40 +0100 > Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Compiling and installing from an NFS mount > > Hmm, my script is a bit more complex as it: > - unzip & untar > - configure > - make && make check > - backs up the current clamav directory (who knows...) > - backs up the configuration files > - disable the clamav service (I'm running on Solaris) > - make uninstall (from the previous build directory) > - make install > - mkdir, chown, chmod the service method and manifest subdirectories under > the prefix > directory (which is /opt/clamav here) > - touches /opt/clamav/etc/clamd if needed > - copies the manifest if needed > - imports the manifest to create the service if needed > - compares the old revision freshclam.conf.orig and freshclam.conf to reapply > (patch) the > same changes to the current freshclam.conf > - does the same for clamd.conf > - checks if my own signatures have not disappeared > - enables the service and checks if it starts smoothly. > > It's maybe overkill here and there but, for instance, I don't want to > reconfigure manually > clamav and freshclam from the default files, and I don't want to keep the old > configuration > files that may miss new settings. If you have any advise, please share ! > > Thank you > Regards, > Pierre > > On 13 Mar 2012 at 11:47, G.W. Haywood wrote: > > > [...] > > What's wrong with a small shell script? > > > > #!/bin/bash > > cd /tmp > > tar xzvf /nfs_mount/clamav-x.xx.tgz > > cd clamav-x.xx > > ./configure --with-various-options > > make > > sudo make install > > cd .. > > rm -rf clamav-x.xx > > > > -- > > > > 73, > > Ged. > > _______________________________________________ > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
