[Pkg-clamav-devel] problem with freshclam in current ClamAV volatile package.

[Adam Stephens]

Hi,

Apologies if this is an inappropriate way of contacting you.

ClamAV 0.96 was released on April 2nd. This moves the 'recommended 
functionality level' of ClamAV to 51.
The current version of ClamAV in the Debian Volatile repository is 
0.95.3, which has a functionality level of 44.

This would be OK, but freshclam includes code which restricts updates 
when the difference between current and recommended functionality level 
is greater than 3:

           if(mdat->dbflevel && (mdat->dbflevel > flevel) && 
(mdat->dbflevel - flevel > 3))
               if(time(NULL) - mdat->mirtab[i].atime < (mdat->dbflevel - 
flevel) * 3600)
                 return 2;


As you can see, difference in functionality level of this size will 
cause a considerable delay in virus signature updates via freshclam. 
Would it be possible to prioritise the release of ClamAV 0.96? If it's 
not imminent I can always switch to building ClamAV from source.

regards,
Adam Stephens.

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Adam Stephens
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