Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 08:13 -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote: > That will be a very clever script. It will have to read and understand the > changes, the readme, and be aware of new config file options or > modifications to existing options, and it will have to be adaptive to any > changes the vendor

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 10:43 +, Matt Fretwell wrote: > Mark wrote: > > > > An example: > > > We so have some Windows servers running since years which use McAfee > > > VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. > > > It loads DAT-File (definitions) a few times a day (as freshclam does). > > > But it also loads

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Thomas Cameron
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 10:25 +0800, P.V.Anthony wrote: > Dale Walsh wrote: > > > I believe that building from source against your already installed, > > tested and proven environment is by far the best process to obtain > > exactly what you want and need without making any sacrifices or > > comp

Re: [Clamav-users] libclamav issues, possible cause of crashing/freezing of ClamAV software.

2005-03-02 Thread Dale Walsh
On Mar 02, 2005, at 09:40, Dale Walsh wrote: On Mar 02, 2005, at 07:18, Tomasz Kojm wrote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:34:45 -0500 Dale Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I feel confident in reporting that the freezing issue on my FC1 server has been eliminated by the info/change that Tomasz provided me

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Kelson
P.V.Anthony wrote: I started with rpm. It is great as a beginner. Like what Dale Walsh said compiling is the best. Infact I started to learn how to compile because of clamav. With anti-virus software things are changing all the time and if you have to wait for an rpm, you will be late. Spend th

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Dale Walsh
On Mar 02, 2005, at 11:04, Allori Lorenzo wrote: Dear Group, I think i will make a script to automate the process myself.. I really think the clamav developers have already done a great work providing us clamav sources, so why bothering them for creating a new system for upgrading the clamav itse

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Allori Lorenzo
I will write it in bash i think, so it will support systems with bash. I'm using clamav only on slackware so it will be working for slackware for sure.. if you need it for other systems you can modify it for your purposes, cheers, Lorenzo                                                        

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Dennis Peterson
Allori Lorenzo said: > Dear Group, > > I think i will make a script to automate the process myself.. > I really think the clamav developers have already done a great work > providing us clamav sources, > so why bothering them for creating a new system for upgrading the clamav > itself i think we ca

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Allori Lorenzo
Dear Group, I think i will make a script to automate the process myself.. I really think the clamav developers have already done a great work providing us clamav sources, so why bothering them for creating a new system for upgrading the clamav itself i think we can still compile from sources:

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Stephen Gran
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:02:31AM +0100, Steffen Heil said: > Hi > > > I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX > > server after making minor source code edits, the time > > involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also > > included a complete rebuild of Apa

Re: [Clamav-users] libclamav issues, possible cause of crashing/freezing of ClamAV software.

2005-03-02 Thread Dale Walsh
On Mar 02, 2005, at 07:18, Tomasz Kojm wrote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:34:45 -0500 Dale Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I feel confident in reporting that the freezing issue on my FC1 server has been eliminated by the info/change that Tomasz provided me with, I have disabled the cron job that wa

Re: [Clamav-users] libclamav issues, possible cause of crashing/freezing of ClamAV software.

2005-03-02 Thread Dale Walsh
On Mar 02, 2005, at 07:18, Tomasz Kojm wrote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:34:45 -0500 Dale Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I feel confident in reporting that the freezing issue on my FC1 server has been eliminated by the info/change that Tomasz provided me with, I have disabled the cron job that was res

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 10:25 +0800, P.V.Anthony wrote: > Dale Walsh wrote: > > > I believe that building from source against your already installed, > > tested and proven environment is by far the best process to obtain > > exactly what you want and need without making any sacrifices or > > comp

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Dale Walsh
On Mar 02, 2005, at 05:02, Steffen Heil wrote: Hi I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX server after making minor source code edits, the time involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also included a complete rebuild of Apache and PHP on the Mac (I have fast ma

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:30:42 GMT Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MySQL distributes pre-compiled binaries, too (because of irky glibc > issues on some platforms); and with great success, I might add. http://www.clamav.net/binary.html I think you've missed the point of the discussion. -- oo

Re: [Clamav-users] libclamav issues, possible cause of crashing/freezing of ClamAV software.

2005-03-02 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:34:45 -0500 Dale Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel confident in reporting that the freezing issue on my FC1 server > > has been eliminated by the info/change that Tomasz provided me with, I > > have disabled the cron job that was restarting the process every two >

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Matt Fretwell
Bill Maidment wrote: > > So yes, I do know the problems of a professional environment. And, > > although it goes down like a lead brick on occasion, I have a simple > > response and attitude. My way or find someone else. We are paid to do > > a job, and I am including myself in this statement. Pu

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Bill Maidment
Matt Fretwell wrote: Management|customers pay the wages. They don't need to know the specifics. Nor, in all honesty, should they. As long as they have a cosy little flow chart to keep them amused and happy, and a running and working system, that is all they need to know. And no, it doesn't surpri

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Matt Fretwell
Mark wrote: > > I really do wish people would stop constantly whingeing > > about what Clam doesn't do. > > Who is whining? I was just following this discussion, from a distance, > and merely mentioned that precompiled binaries, though uncommon on UNIX > system, are done by MySQL, for instance.

RE: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Mark
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Fretwell > Sent: woensdag 2 maart 2005 11:43 > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade > > > Mark wrote: > > > MySQL distributes pre-compiled binaries, too (because

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
Matt Fretwell wrote: And if you're admins, what do you get paid to do? To whine to software and hardware vendors to do all the work so we don't have to do anything :) Of course, on some cases vendors simply won't do that, so we have to do actual work (yuck!) to keep the system running. LOL :)

Re: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Matt Fretwell
Mark wrote: > > An example: > > We so have some Windows servers running since years which use McAfee > > VirusScan Enterprise 7.0. > > It loads DAT-File (definitions) a few times a day (as freshclam does). > > But it also loads Engine-Updates every few months. Some of these > > servers have not be

RE: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Mark
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steffen Heil > Sent: woensdag 2 maart 2005 11:02 > To: 'ClamAV users ML' > Subject: RE: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade > > You miss the point. > This is not about having less work to update, this is a

RE: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Trog
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 11:02 +0100, Steffen Heil wrote: > Hi > > > I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX > > server after making minor source code edits, the time > > involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also > > included a complete rebuild of Apache an

RE: [Clamav-users] Tool to upgrade

2005-03-02 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi > I've just rebuilt ClamAV from source on an FC1 and a Mac OSX > server after making minor source code edits, the time > involved on both machines was less than 15 minutes, this also > included a complete rebuild of Apache and PHP on the Mac (I > have fast machines) so using old and outdate