[clamav-users] Freshclam or clamav-database

[Bob Williams]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:54:25 +0200
Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:

> Am 12.07.2017 um 10:09 schrieb Bob Williams:
> > I installed clamav from the openSUSE repositories. Every few days,
> > the openSUSE update repository offers an updated version of the
> > clamav-database  
> 
> that packages are pretty nonsense when you have freshclam running and 
> only useful on setup without internet connection to have at least any 
> signatures
> 
> Fedora has "clamav-data-empty-0.99.2-1.fc25.noarch" for machines
> running freshclam to satisfy dependencies, so you just remove
> "clamav-data" (in doubt with rpm -e --nodpes" and install
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Thank you. The openSUSE updater has a method of locking packages to prevent unwanted updates, which I have now applied:

# zypper al clamav-database

Bob

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