SA/Clam-AV installation

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Apr 15 21:20:05 IST 2008



Kevin Miller wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>   
>> Kevin Miller wrote:
>>     
>>> I just tried to run the install script for the new clamav and
>>> spamassassin packages and encountered a couple of errors:
>>>
>>> The first is this:
>>> ============================================================
>>> config.status: creating clamav-config.h
>>> config.status: executing depfiles commands
>>> configure: WARNING:
>>> ****** WARNING:
>>> ****** You are either cross compiling to a different host or
>>> ****** you have manually disabled important configure checks.
>>> ****** Please be aware that this build may be badly broken.
>>> ****** DO NOT REPORT BUGS BASED ON THIS BUILD !!!
>>> ============================================================
>>>
>>> I'm compiling on the target host (SSHed in), and haven't knowlingly
>>> disabled any configure checks.
>>>
>>>       
>> That's expected. I have to disable that check or else it won't build.
>>     
>>> The second problem was this:
>>> ============================================================
>>> ClamAV.xs:365: error: for each function it appears in.)
>>> make[1]: *** [ClamAV.o] Error 1
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory
>>> `/tmp/Mail-ClamAV-0.21/_Inline/build/Mail/ClamAV'
>>>
>>> A problem was encountered while attempting to compile and install
>>> your Inline C code. The command that failed was:
>>>    make
>>>
>>> The build directory was:
>>> /tmp/Mail-ClamAV-0.21/_Inline/build/Mail/ClamAV
>>>
>>> To debug the problem, cd to the build directory, and inspect the
>>> output files. 
>>>
>>>   at /tmp/Mail-ClamAV-0.21/blib/lib/Mail/ClamAV.pm line 178
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>>> /tmp/Mail-ClamAV-0.21/blib/lib/Mail/ClamAV.pm line 556.
>>> Compilation failed in require.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
>>> make: *** [ClamAV.inl] Error 25
>>> ============================================================
>>>
>>> It seems that it was trying to access
>>> /tmp/Mail-ClamAV-0.21/_Inline/build/Mail/ClamAV but that directory
>>> doesn't exist. /tmp/clamav-0.93 does exist.  Should I just try
>>> running install from inside it again? 
>>>
>>>       
>> As I said in my post a few hours ago, Mail::ClamAV won't build with
>> ClamAV 0.93 at the moment.
>> See my very recent thread.
>>     
>
> Ah - I didn't pick up on that being the clamavmodule.
>
> I'm presuming that the compile for the good old clamAV command line
> scanner did work.  I'll run some eicars through to make sure.
>   
Yes, the virus scanner settings "clamav" and "clamd" should still work 
okay. It's just "clamavmodule" that won't work with the new ClamAV 0.93.

Jules

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