[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#775400: clamav-freshclam: freshclam cant download virus definitions

[Ulrich Schmidt]

Am Samstag, 24. Januar 2015, 20:02:06 schrieb Andreas Cadhalpun:
> Hi Ulrich,
> 
> On 24.01.2015 18:41, Ulrich Schmidt wrote:
> > Ok, after aprox. 10 fresh Installs here the result:
> > 
> > I am able to reproduce the bug by doing the following:
> > 
> > - allow non-free software => result:
> >    apper informs me about a update for a realtek driver. "firmware-realtek
> >    V0.43"> 
> > After the installation of this driver-update and installing
> > clamav+clamav-daemon we see the buggy lines in freshclam.conf
> > 
> > I now deselected non-free software and i got no update notification.
> > Installing clamav+clamav-daemon worked well.
> > 
> > It seems this bug is related to the realtec driver.
> 
> This is weird, because the firmware-realtek package is completely
> unrelated to the clamav packages.
> 
> I still can't reproduce this in virtualbox, even if I first install
> firmware-realtek and then clamav and clamav-daemon.
> 
> Anyway I fear that we can't do much in the clamav package, if
> firmware-realtek somehow breaks its configuration. Thus I suggest that
> you file a bug against firmware-realtek.
> 
True! At least i know now, where the bug comes from and i can avoid it.

In case i can reproduce the bug in Virtualbox later on, i will keep you 
updated.

Ulrich Schmidt.

> Best regards,
> Andreas