[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#767353: 767353: clamav: ERROR: Can't save PID to file /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid:

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

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Hi Louis,

On 05.06.2015 16:42, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> Sorry to say, and i cant see in the bug report on the site if this is fixed already..
>  
> I just upgraded my debian wheezy to debian Jessie.
>  
> Clamav version :  0.98.7+dfsg-0+deb8u1
>  
> cat clamav.log
> Fri Jun  5 16:30:02 2015 -> ERROR: Can't unlink the pid file /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid
> Fri Jun  5 16:30:14 2015 -> ERROR: Can't save PID in file /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid
> 
> cat freshclam.log
> Fri Jun  5 16:18:01 2015 -> ERROR: Can't save PID to file /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid: No such file or directory
> Do i need to wait for the next version of clamav ?

I just pushed a fix to the unstable branch, but it should be backported to all branches.
So the next version will fix this.

If you don't want to wait that long, you can simply remove the PidFile setting from
/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf.

Best regards,
Andreas