[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#996971: systemd: clamav service units fail with StandardOutput=syslog

[Michael Biebl]

Am 21.10.2021 um 20:42 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> [always CC the bug report email address on replies]
> 
> Am 21.10.21 um 20:25 schrieb Brown, Thomas:
>>
>> On 10/21/21 2:14 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>> Control: reassign -1 clamav-daemon
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure why you filed this against the systemd package when the 
>>> service file in question is shipped by clamav-daemon.
>>> Reassigning accordingly.
>>>
>> This is a systemd problem that occurs when attempting to launch 
>> clamav-daemon.
>>
>> systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Clam AntiVirus userspace 
>> daemon being skipped.
> 
> This condition is specified by the clamav-daemon.service though.
> I assume this means that the clamav daemon package is not properly 
> set-up. not an issue of systemd.
> 

Your service fails to start or rather is not started by systemd, as the 
condition(s) specified in

https://sources.debian.org/src/clamav/0.103.3+dfsg-1/clamd/clamav-daemon.service.in/ 



# Check for database existence
ConditionPathExistsGlob=@DBDIR@/main.{c[vl]d,inc}
ConditionPathExistsGlob=@DBDIR@/daily.{c[vl]d,inc}

is not met.

The log message about StandardOutput=syslog is just a warning but does 
not make the service fail.