On Monday, August 12, 2019 4:49:01 PM EDT Nick Howitt wrote: > On 12/08/2019 19:16, J.R. via clamav-users wrote: > >> I would suggest not packaging them at all, and they > >> should be downloaded from the update servers the > >> first time the update is ran. > > > > Ideally yes, I would agree. > > > > However then you run into the edge-case of what if the machine has no > > (or very limited) internet access? I *think* it's a requirement for > > any package that it has to be able to run (even if there is some part > > that is out-of-date). > > Interestingly, it seems clamd will just start with bytecode.cvd present, > so technically it appears to be possible just to package bytecode.cvd > and fire off a freshclam as part if the post-install. How does that sound?
Presenting the user with a running clamd that has a very limited ability to scan for threats seems misleading. Scott K _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
