MS 4.23-11: buglet in update_virus_scanners

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Hi,
   Yes, I too saw the same thing and just commented out the f-secure
line in virus.scanners.conf.  Similar setup: SunFire V1280, Sol 9,
MailScanner 4.23-11, sophossavi 3.72, clamav 0.60, SpamAssassin 2.60,
Razor.

--- Jeff

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Peter Bonivart wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:06:59 +0200
> From: Peter Bonivart <peter at UCGBOOK.COM>
> Reply-To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MS 4.23-11: buglet in update_virus_scanners
>
> Fixed the grep thing but had another small problem with the update
> script. I got an error from the F-secure test. It correctly identified
> only Clam being installed but it erred on F-secure. I did some tests and
> found this line to be at fault (however I don't know why):
>
>      if ${WRAPPER} "${PACKAGEDIR}" -IsItInstalled
>
> I removed the F-secure line from the virus list and all was well. I
> don't see why the F-secure line was any different. Anyone else having this?
>
> /Peter Bonivart
>
> --Unix lovers do it in the Sun
>
> Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, MailScanner 4.23-11, SpamAssassin 2.55, ClamAV
> 20030829
>
>  >At 13:56 08/09/2003, you wrote:
>  >>Julian,
>  >>    I just upgraded from 4.22-5 to 4.23-11, and update_virus_scanners
>  >>gagged the first time cron ran it on my Solaris 9 box.  It turns out
>  >>the /usr/bin/grep on Sun does not support the "-e" option, while
>  >>GNU grep (/usr/local/bin on my box) or /usr/xpg4/bin/grep does.
>  >>So I had to tweak my copy to use GNU grep.  I don't how you want to
>  >>fix this for all permutations of grep.  What a pain.
>  >
>  >It seems to be just a Solaris problem at the moment, I have already
>  >added a
>  >bit extra to the script so that it puts /usr/xpg4/bin (or is it
>  >/usr/bin/xpg4) in the path before /usr/bin so that the correct version >of
>  >grep is found. You don't need the GNU version, the xpg4 version is
> just >fine.
>