Clamav update problems, mirrors?

[James Fagan]

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> Subject: [MAILSCANNER] Clamav update problems, mirrors?
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> Hi,
> 
> Is anybody else seeing this kind of complaint in their ClamAV 
> update log from the last day or so?
> 
> ClamAV update process started at Tue Aug 23 11:42:28 2005 
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 33, sigs: 36102, f-level: 5, 
> builder: tkojm)
> ERROR: Mirrors are not fully synchronized. Please try again later.
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> ClamAV update process started at Tue Aug 23 11:42:33 2005 
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 33, sigs: 36102, f-level: 5, 
> builder: tkojm)
> 
> The problem is that the daily.cvd file doesn't update.  If I 
> wipe out both the main.cvd and daily.cvd files and then rerun 
> update_virus_scanners by hand, then both get updated.  Then 
> it fails again on the next cronjob.  Scratching my head here...
> 
> Anybody else seen this problem with ClamAV?
> 
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College
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I have seen that message "ClamAV update warning: ERROR: Mirrors are not
fully synchronized. Please try again later." in my logs but only once
yesterday. The next message 2 minutes later indicated that ClamAV did
update. A little odd. What happens if you run 'freshclam' ?

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