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From: Rob on 3 Jul 2010 06:33 I have recently updated a system at work from SuSE 10.0 to openSUSE 11.2 in the hopes that it would get automatic updates again. This system is scanning mail for viruses using ClamAV. When it was still 10.0, I had to manually update ClamAV regularly, by fetching the sources and re-compiling. With recent ClamAV versions this has become a major compilation job that took a long time on the poor little machine. With the new version I sort of assumed that the new ClamAV updates, that usually are brought forward as "security updates", would be part of the automatic updates of the system. And I think they were, when 10.0 was still a supported system. But now, with ClamAV 0.96.1 released on May 19th, the system is still at ClamAV 0.96 and no updates are offered. ClamAV is complaining loudly: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! (it always does this when a newer version is available) Is there any hope for a ClamAV update via openSUSE or am I back to having to compile this myself?
From: Malcolm on 3 Jul 2010 09:01 On 03 Jul 2010 10:33:48 GMT Rob <nomail(a)example.com> wrote: > I have recently updated a system at work from SuSE 10.0 to > openSUSE 11.2 in the hopes that it would get automatic updates > again. This system is scanning mail for viruses using ClamAV. > > When it was still 10.0, I had to manually update ClamAV regularly, > by fetching the sources and re-compiling. With recent ClamAV > versions this has become a major compilation job that took a long > time on the poor little machine. > > With the new version I sort of assumed that the new ClamAV updates, > that usually are brought forward as "security updates", would be > part of the automatic updates of the system. And I think they > were, when 10.0 was still a supported system. > > But now, with ClamAV 0.96.1 released on May 19th, the system is > still at ClamAV 0.96 and no updates are offered. > ClamAV is complaining loudly: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! > (it always does this when a newer version is available) > > Is there any hope for a ClamAV update via openSUSE or am I back > to having to compile this myself? Hi Run freshclam as a cron job? -- Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.13-0.4-default up 1 day 13:42, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.00 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35
From: Rob on 3 Jul 2010 09:04 Malcolm <malcolm_nospamlewis(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > Hi > Run freshclam as a cron job? I am talking about software updates, not signature updates. These are separate things in ClamAV. Of course I do not run freshclam as a cron job, but as a service. (which is the way it is supposed to be done)
From: Malcolm on 3 Jul 2010 09:18 On 03 Jul 2010 13:04:48 GMT Rob <nomail(a)example.com> wrote: > Malcolm <malcolm_nospamlewis(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Hi > > Run freshclam as a cron job? > > I am talking about software updates, not signature updates. > These are separate things in ClamAV. > > Of course I do not run freshclam as a cron job, but as a service. > (which is the way it is supposed to be done) Hi Add the security repository then? http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=clamav&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.2&lang=en&exclude_filter=home%3A&exclude_debug=true -- Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.13-0.4-default up 1 day 13:57, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35
From: Rob on 3 Jul 2010 09:53
Malcolm <malcolm_nospamlewis(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > On 03 Jul 2010 13:04:48 GMT > Rob <nomail(a)example.com> wrote: > >> Malcolm <malcolm_nospamlewis(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: >> > Hi >> > Run freshclam as a cron job? >> >> I am talking about software updates, not signature updates. >> These are separate things in ClamAV. >> >> Of course I do not run freshclam as a cron job, but as a service. >> (which is the way it is supposed to be done) > Hi > Add the security repository then? > http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=clamav&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.2&lang=en&exclude_filter=home%3A&exclude_debug=true Is this the new policy in 11.2? In the past it was normal to put updates in the Updates repository and they would be found when "update" was done. Do I now have to manually walk through unknown repositories? |