ANNOUNCE: beta release 4.23-1

[Julian Field]

At 18:35 07/08/2003, you wrote:
> > 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
> >
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> > Julian Field
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>
>Julian, I believe there is a bug in the Bailout routine in
>f-prot-autoupdate script.  It doesn't write to the syslog as intended
>because the log hasn't been opened before the call is made.  If I'm
>correct perhaps you could include this fix too???

Try this patch to f-prot-autoupdate and let me know if it works okay.

--- f-prot-autoupdate   Mon Jun  9 16:54:23 2003
+++ f-prot-autoupdate.new       Thu Aug  7 18:46:31 2003
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
  $HttpReturn = 10;

  #
+# Start logging
+#
+Sys::Syslog::openlog("F-Prot autoupdate", 'pid, nowait', 'mail');
+
+#
  # Check command-line parameters
  #
  foreach (@ARGV) {
@@ -219,7 +224,6 @@
  # Clean up and exit.
  CleanTempDir();
  &UnlockFProt();
-Sys::Syslog::openlog("F-Prot autoupdate", 'pid, nowait', 'mail');
  Sys::Syslog::syslog('info', $updated?"F-Prot successfully
updated.":"F-Prot did not need updating.");
  Sys::Syslog::closelog();
  exit 0;

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