ANNOUNCE: beta release 4.23-1

[Julian Field]

At 17:19 07/08/2003, you wrote:
>Ugh...
>
>[root at genesis MailScanner-4.22-5]# rpm --root=/tmp/rpmroot --noscripts
>--nodeps -Uvh mailscanner-4.22-5.noarch.rpm
>error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
>error: cannot open Packages database in /tmp/rpmroot/var/lib/rpm

Mine used to do that too.
         mkdir -p /tmp/rpmroot/var/lib/rpm
         touch /tmp/rpmroot/var/lib/rpm/Packages
then do the rpm command again.




>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
>Of Julian Field
>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:09 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: beta release 4.23-1
>
>
>It goes like this:
>
>mkdir /tmp/rpmroot
>rpm --root=/tmp/rpmroot --noscripts --nodeps -Uvh
>mailscanner-4.23-1.noarch.rpm
>
>Then you will find the file in
>          /tmp/rpmroot/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
>
>The tarball will have a different MailScanner.conf file in it as all the
>default paths are different (it uses /opt/MailScanner by default).
>
>At 16:14 07/08/2003, you wrote:
> >Is there a way to extract the MailScanner.conf from the .rpm so I can
> >get it setup before doing the upgrade?  I've been trying different uses
> >of rpm2cpio without success.  I suppose I could just download the
> >tarball and get it from there.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> >Behalf Of Julian Field
> >Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:34 AM
> >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: ANNOUNCE: beta release 4.23-1
> >
> >
> >I have just posted 4.23-1 to the web site. This is a beta release, so
> >the usual rules apply: I don't guarantee it works and I wouldn't advise
> >running it on a production server.
> >
> >It doesn't improve on the handling of eTrust or bitdefender, they are
> >my next targets. But I thought it would be a good idea for you folks to
> >try it out and see how things are progressing.
> >
> >Download as usual from www.mailscanner.info
> >
> >ChangeLog is this:
> >
> >* New Features and Improvements *
> >- Improved error detection in bitdefender-autoupdate.
> >- Added 5 minute timeout to clamav-autoupdate.
> >- Messages bigger than the max SA testing size are now checked by SA, just
> >    only the first n bytes of the message will be checked.
> >- Logging now handles syslog-ng better, as it will attempt to re-open the
> >    syslog connection if it dies while logging to it.
> >- Better mcafee-autoupdate script from Tony Finch. Allows non-root user
> >    more easily, and can delete old files if you want it to.
> >- Implemented special "silent viruses" list keyword "All-Viruses" which
> >matches
> >    the name of any virus. This means you can make messages silent
> >which contain
> >    just viruses and none (or a combination) of the HTML hacks that are
> >detected.
> >- Implemented "Use Default Rules With Multiple Recipients" configuration
> >    option to force predictable results when faced with a message with
> >multiple
> >    recipients who have conflicting user preferences.
> >- Now check that at least 1 file matches all of the filename patterns
> >    specified in "Monitors For Sophos Updates".
> >- Implemented various new parameters so that messages which only have
> >    dangerous content, and nothing else wrong with them, get a "dangerous
> >    content" warning rather than a "virus" warning.
> >- "Include Scanner Name In Reports" now also includes the name
>"MailScanner"
> >    at the start of the report lines that come from MailScanner's own
> >    internal filename, filetype and content checks. The exact wording
> >used can
> >    be customised in languages.conf.
> >
> >* Fixes *
> >- Corrected minor typo in check_MailScanner cron job.
> >- Corrected typo in SweepOther.pm.
> >- Corrected handling of non-archives in kavdaemonclient scanner.
> >- SQL Logging code now translates '' into 'NULL' before inserting into
> >table.
> >--
> >Julian Field
> >www.MailScanner.info
> >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>
>--
>Julian Field
>www.MailScanner.info
>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support

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Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support