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[Julian Field]

At 14:42 08/08/2003, you wrote:
>At 14:34 08/08/2003, you wrote:
>>On Friday 08 August 2003 2:11 pm, Julian Field wrote:
>> > >I've just had an idea - why not to transfer all configurable paths from
>> > >antivir-wrappers (PackageDir and prog) to virus.scanners.conf?
>> > >Then for antivir it looked like:
>> > >antivir         /usr/lib/MailScanner/antivir-wrapper    /usr/lib/AntiVir
>> > >prog=antivir
>> > >or
>> > >antivir         /usr/lib/MailScanner/antivir-wrapper
>> > >PackageDir=/usr/lib/AntiVir prog=antivir
>> >
>> > Not a bad idea, but let me think about possible consequences of upgrading
>> > systems where people have already modified some of the default wrappers to
>> > handle their own paths....
>>
>>I like this idea too.
>>
>>As far as people who've already modified the default wrappers are concerned,
>>surely they need to be on the lookout whenever there's a new version (of MS)
>>anyway, to make sure their customer wrapper doesn't get over-written?
>
>I will need to rewrite update_virus_scanners as it now needs to be able to
>parse a file sensibly.
>
>I'll think about it and see how bored I get this weekend. Its competition
>is sitting in a shady part of my garden with a chilled bottle of white wine
>(possibly a Chablis) and a damn good book. Hmmm.....

Well it's too hot outside, currently 33C (91F). Fortunately, due to loads
of insulation, inside is cooler :)

The Chablis is going down nicely, and the code all works. I didn't rewrite
update_virus_scanners in the end, it just needed to be a bit cleverer.
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Julian Field
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