Thanks, we will look into this issue. For tracking purposes, please see https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11880 .
Steve On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Andy Schmidt <andy_schm...@hm-software.com> wrote: > I just confirmed that the Windows builds of ClamAV 0.99.2 will fail to > start > ClamD if a "local.ign2" file exists in the database folder that (naturally) > was created under Windows, using the standard Notepad applet. > > The default newline sequence for Windows is CR+LF. > The default newline sequence for Unix is LF. > (I think previous versions of Apple's operating systems had yet other > combinations, but that may no longer be an issue with OS/X and/or iOS) > > The problem appears to be that ClamAV is not properly looking for any > newline sequence to, but rather is hard-coded to expect signature names > being separated by a single LF character, and will report a "Malformed > database" if any other newline character is encountered in local.ign2. > > One I installed and used a suitable third-part software in place of the > standard Windows "Notepad", I finally was able to create a file with > UNIX-style line endings, and then ClamD was able to start again. > > > _______________________________________________ > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
