[Clamav-devel] Documentation tweaks.

[Joel Esler (jesler)]

Good catch.  I’d you want to make a pull request to fix that, I will accept it right away. 

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> On Sep 3, 2020, at 06:10, G.W. Haywood <clamav-devel at jubileegroup.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> [1]
> 
> The following appears at http://www.clamav.net/downloads .
> 
> [quote]
> Virus Database
> 
> For ClamAV to work properly, both the ClamAV engine and the ClamAV
> Virus Database (CVD) must be kept up to date.
> 
> Freshclam should perform these updates automatically. Instructions for
> setting up Freshclam can be found in the documentation section.  If
> your network is segmented or the end hosts are unable to reach the
> Internet, you should investigate setting up a private local mirror. If
> this is not viable, you may use these direct download links: [snip]
> [/quote]
> 
> This seems to me to be rather misleading in that it seems to say that
> freshclam should automatically update the ClamAV engine.  It does not
> do that (and in my view it could be dangerous for it to attempt to do
> such a thing).
> 
> Perhaps the section could be reworded, something like:
> 
> "Each time it wakes up, freshclam first checks that the ClamAV engine
> is up to date, and issues a warning if it is not.  Whether the engine
> is up to date or not it will then automatically update the database.
> Instructions for setting up Freshclam can be found in the ..."
> 
> [2]
> 
> In the 0.103.0-rc2 tarball, README.md says
> 
> [quote]
> #### Build from Source on Linux/Unix/Mac
> 
> For basic compile and install instructions on Linux/Unix platforms,
> check out the [install instructions](INSTALL.md).
> [/quote]
> 
> There is no file 'INSTALL.md'.  The file is 'INSTALL.autotools.md'.
> 
> --
> 
> 73,
> Ged.
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