[clamav-users] [ext] Re: Regarding ClamAV code coverage metrics with help of existing unit-test cases

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Thu Nov 26 12:14:51 UTC 2020


>* Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk>:
>> On 26.11.20 02:55, Satish Kumar via clamav-users wrote:
>> > I would like to build the ClamAV software from source code on an ubuntu
>> > machine
>>
>> why?
>> ubuntu provides clamav itself, integrated.

On 26.11.20 11:23, Ralf Hildebrandt via clamav-users wrote:
>But an old version (last time I looked)

0.102.4 - not that old.
However, 0.103 is available in newest ubuntu, so it should be easily
backported.

>> Do you want to take care of it since now (forever)?
>>
>> It is possible, but it should be easier to backport clamav e.g. version
>> 0.103 from hirsute. That way, when newer version appears in ubuntu
>> repository, it may get upgraded so you won't have to care.
>
>I usually rebuild from a recent debian source (hah!)

that's what I recommend.

with changing version to something lower than 0.103 e.g. 0.103~backport
- it gets upgraded to ubuntu-provided version when it's available.


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