Bug 1018316 - [EL6] Clamav should not require a specific clamav-db version
Summary: [EL6] Clamav should not require a specific clamav-db version
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: clamav
Version: el6
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Robert Scheck
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-10-11 16:52 UTC by Filippo Carletti
Modified: 2020-11-30 15:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-11-30 15:06:06 UTC
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Description Filippo Carletti 2013-10-11 16:52:14 UTC
Description of problem:
It could be possible to update clamav without updating clamav-db.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
clamd-0.98-1.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum update clamav

Actual results:
yum adds clamav-db-0.98 as a dependancy.

Expected results:
clamav should require clamav-db without explicit version

Additional info:
Please see the following thread:
http://lists.repoforge.org/pipermail/users/2008-February/023392.html

Comment 1 Tuomo Soini 2013-10-11 17:05:15 UTC
This is wrong solution for the problem. Correct solution is to not to carry db in package at all. The clamav-db should only carry %ghost files for db files because even the latest version of the antivirus db is obsolete when it is installed so frehslcam is always needed anyway to get working db.

Comment 2 Robert Scheck 2013-10-19 12:11:51 UTC
Not carrying any clamav-db does not help in cases at offline live media, as
there might not be any Internet connectivity at all. So even older db files
are in such a case better than nothing. This was raised in the past - I am
also open to other ideas and argumentations. We could also ship a clamav-db-
empty (like Fedora did somewhen in the past) which provides clamav-db also,
but does not contain any outdated files just %ghosts.

Comment 3 Filippo Carletti 2015-04-02 14:50:08 UTC
Moreover, it is perfectly fine running clamav without the original database (and disable freshclam).

Another option towards an empty clamav-db could add a "fake" db containing only the EICAR test file.

Comment 4 Giacomo Sanchietti 2015-04-30 08:21:15 UTC
> Expected results:
> clamav should require clamav-db without explicit version

I know this isn't the best solution, still, it's better then downloading 100MB of useless database each time we need to update Clamav.
This is true especially in countries with low bandwidth connections.

>Another option towards an empty clamav-db could add a "fake" db containing only
> the EICAR test file.

If we need to retain the constrain on clamav-db, IMHO this is a simple and elegant solution.

Comment 5 Ben Cotton 2020-11-05 16:46:31 UTC
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Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2020-11-30 15:06:06 UTC
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