Debian Sarge update_virus_scanners

[paddy]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:45:17PM -0500, Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> >Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> >>Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> >>>Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>    Using MailScanner on Sarge, I found out that my anti-virus 
> >>>>engines don't get updated, so I created a symlink in 
> >>>>/etc/cron.daily/ to /usr/sbin/update_virus_scanners, without 
> >>>>success.  Even running the script manually only logs this:
> >>>>
> >>>>but no actual update happens, I must update manually.
> >>>
> >>>What happen when you manually run the individual scripts?
> >>>/path/to/bitdefender-autoupdate /opt/bdc [replace with install path]
> >>>/path/to/clamav-autoupdate /usr [replace with install path]
> >>
> >>Hmmm... none of the scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate is 
> >>executable... is that normal?
> >
> >Doesn't look normal..
> >
> >[root at sauron ~]# cd /usr/lib/MailScanner
> >[root at sauron MailScanner]# ll clamav-autoupdate bitdefender-autoupdate
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 22523 Sep  1 14:16 bitdefender-autoupdate
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2104 Sep  1 14:16 clamav-autoupdate
> >
> >- dhawal
> >
> 
> Is there a way, with debian, to know what was supposed to be the 
> permissions in the .deb package?

I'd imagine they're in the data archive file inside the .deb (which 
itself is just an certain type of ar file).  I don't know if there's any
policy or custom and practice around maniuplating those perms
from the various install scripts, but you should find those scripts under
/var/lib/dpkg/info/.  IIRC they're not terribly long or difficult to 
read.

Regards,
Paddy
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