[clamav-users] run freshclam without notifying clamd

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 30.04.23 15:56, Marc wrote:
> It is building now, although I am still getting an error.  What I do not 
> get this the design change behind this.  Normally I could install only 
> freshclam, and without doing anything download the current databases for 
> the container.

> Now I have to create a clamd.conf file[1] and getting all kinds of errors.  
> Either freshclam is part of the clamav-daemon clamav-db clamav packages or 
> not.  If it not, there should not be a dependency on file included in an 
> external package.  What kind of logics is this.  Why even change something 
> that was good ...
>
>ERROR: Missing argument for option at /etc/clamav/clamd.conf:2
>ERROR: NotifyClamd: Can't find or parse configuration file /etc/clamav/clamd.conf
>
>[1]
>/etc/clamav # cat /etc/clamav/clamd.conf
>
>[freshclam.conf]

this clamd.conf is malformed. freshclam uses real clamd.conf not just random 
file.

you can leave database checking to clamd itself, you don't have to 
explicitly notify it. See the clamd docs, option SelfCheck.;

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