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

[Michael Tautschnig]

Hi!

> 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.
> 

We have already uploaded updated packages to volatile; although these aren't yet
in the distribution, you can already download them (manually) from 

http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/pool/volatile/main/c/clamav/

Hope this helps,
Michael

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