On Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 11:48 AM, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, Joel Esler (jesler) via clamav-users wrote: > >> On Aug 22, 2021, at 10:55, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users <clamav- > us...@lists.clamav.net> wrote: > >>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, Arjen de Korte via clamav-users wrote: > >>> Citeren "G.W. Haywood via clamav-users" <clamav- > us...@lists.clamav.net>: > >>>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, Joel Esler (jesler) via clamav-users wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I’m a fan of the thought of removing the user manual completely > >>>>> from the downloaded packages and including a link to > docs.ClamAV.net. > >>>>> Since that’s more dynamic. > >>>> > >>>> But not so easy to pipe through 'grep'. > >>> > >>> There is a search button on the website... > >> > >> And if the site is inaccessible? > > > > I could worry about the .00000001% of the time that github is inaccessible > > ... > > Good job you're not a coder. What about when the Internet connection at > the client's end is down? Here, in the English midlands, the heart of British > industry, that's like five times a day for anywhere between ten minutes and > half an hour.
It seems to me that these zip or other specifically prebuilt packages on the ClamAV website's download pages serve the needs of those folks doing a manual version update. In general, this means that you're merely replacing the useful binary files and hardly ever changing the configuration of either clamd or freshclam. Someone doing an initial installation has various other things to think about relating to configuration setup which MAY find total documentation useful. The web site serves that purpose very well. Meanwhile, the conf_examples directory contains a very useful starting point for anyone who may actually start from that container (zip or otherwise) if they're actually doing an initial install and configuration without the benefit of immediate proximate Internet access. - Mark Pizzolato _______________________________________________ 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
