In article <4fec9cef.7030...@ucsd.edu>, Trevor Cooper <tcoo...@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Recently we've been getting failures from freshclam of the following type > reported in Logwatch... > > /etc/cron.daily/freshclam: > > ERROR: Corrupted database file /var/clamav/main.cld: Broken or not a CVD file > > Since we install/reinstall with a 'scorch-the-earth' script I did so on my > machine and found > 'similar' errors during freshclam after reinstall. Here is an excerpt from > the install/reinstall > script output... > > ... > # Installing clamav clamav-db clamd clamtk and dependencies... > Installed: > clamav.x86_64 0:0.97.5-2.el5.rf clamav-db.x86_64 0:0.97.5-2.el5.rf > clamd.x86_64 0:0.97.5-2.el5.rf > clamtk.noarch 0:4.25-1.el5.rf You are using the packages produced by Dag Wieers, so he's the person to contact. There is a packaging "error" in the latest version, if you do # rpm -qlv clamav-db you will see that there are zero-length .cld files installed, this is what freshclam is whinging about. Freshclam will rename it and try again, but as a side-effect you have to restart the daemon because the zero-length files kill it as soon as the RPM install causes the restart! Dave -- Dave Hill - dave at hillcroft dot org dot uk _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
