[clamav-users] local server takes time to update clamav db

[Andrew C Aitchison]

> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Joel Esler (jesler) via clamav-users wrote:
>> So, there are occasions where one PoP from Cloudflare is behind and
>> hasn't yet fetched the file from the other PoP or from our mirror
>> directly.  This might be the case that you're the first one that's
>> asked for it from your PoP location in the world, or its just not
>> caught up yet.  Waiting a bit ensures that the PoP will fetch the
>> file, and when you try again, it's there (as you can see).
>> 
>> I think the way to fix this is, freshclam, if it receives an "I'm
>> behind" error from the PoP, to do a sleep for awhile and then try
>> again.  If the second attempt still fails then give the error to the
>> user.

I asked:
> Would it be sensible for freshclam to update the file when a newer
> version is available, even if it is not the newest ?

To be clearer, say I have version 26011, the DNS says 26013 is current
but the newest that freshclam can find on any configured mirror is 26012,
it might be better to update to 26012 than wait for 26013.

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Andrew C. Aitchison					Kendal, UK
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