[clamav-users] daily.cvd daily.cld

[Al Varnell]

.cvd’s are compressed versions of .cld’s, so as long as they have been updated to the same versions, they are identical and you need either one or the other, but not both.

Normally, freshclam will check the version numbers and if scripted updates is being used (normally default) it will download .cdiff files and integrate them into a decompressed version (.cld).  

My impression is that you must disable scripted updates on both the local mirror and each client so that all only download .cvd’s that need updating.  Perhaps somebody running a local mirror can confirm this for you.


-Al-
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Al Varnell
Mountain View, CA

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 02:37 PM, Jay G. Scott wrote:
> 
> my freshclam script on the local mirror  manages to download
> bytecode.cvd
> daily.cld
> main.cvd
> from the internet.
> 
> notice the middle one is cld, not v.
> 
> my mirror does the right things and puts those files in a place
> where the web server serves them.
> i can wget all of the files from my local mirror.
> 
> but the end users claim that their updates are failing.
> online, it seems that i can only download the v versions of
> those files.  online, people are claiming you only need the l or v,
> not both.  the users think they need (main|daily).(cld|cvd), all four files.
> 
> what's the truth?  how do i get all four, or the four that i need?
> 
> should i kill off the daily.cld and hope that the cvd version is
> downloaded next time?
> 
> i don't see where the list of files to be downloaded is kept.
> 
> i'm a newbie.
> 
> j.