[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu PPC 16.04 Clamav is outdated

Thu Feb 4 16:09:51 UTC 2016

I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. To summarize, tools are in place to
ensure all packages upstream in Debian are updated, but this one doesn't
seem to behaving. It requires further investigation.

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Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
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On Feb 4, 2016 6:53 AM, "Peter Golis" <golisp at centrum.sk> wrote:

> Hello Walter,
>
> So, there is no continuous plan for making antivirus up to date by
> automatic updates like is for example on firefox which is allways up to
> date. Thanks for feedback.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Peter.
>
>
>
> PS: This can exclude clean *buntu based distros from file servers which
> cover security for users.
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> > Od: Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com>
> > Komu: Peter Golis <golisp at centrum.sk>
> > Dátum: 04.02.2016 15:43
> > Predmet: Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubuntu PPC 16.04 Clamav is outdated
> >
>
> > CC: "lubuntu user list"
>
> As you may know, Lubuntu is an Ubuntu project, which is to say that some
> things affecting Lubuntu actually affect the entire project. In these
> cases, it's best to reach out to the wider community. This is one such case.
>
> Ubuntu is, more or less, Debian unstable (except it's stable). Things in
> the Debian repos [autosync][1] to the Ubuntu repos. By that logic, we
> should have the [latest clamav][2] considering we are [before the
> freeze][3]. If you read about [sync requests][4], you'll find they are
> applicable only to packages where the Ubuntu patches are no longer relevant
> but this package may need them as the Ubuntu version has five (that's the
> meaning of the "ubuntu5" at the end of the version string), so you need to
> look into a [merge][5].
>
> Interestingly, clamav is not on the merge list, so I'm not sure what's
> going on there. You may wish to check with the [Ubuntu Developers Team][6]
> to figure out what the situation is.
>
> [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze
> [2]: https://packages.debian.org/unstable/clamav
> [3]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule
> [4]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SyncRequestProcess
> [5]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/Merging
> [6]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment#Communication
>
> p.s. Don't forget the females in your greetings! Ubuntu means, roughly,
> humanness— and that means all genders. http://women.ubuntu.com/
>
> @wxl | http://polka.bike
> Lubuntu Release Manager & Head of QA
> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
> Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader
> Ubuntu Membership Board & LoCo Council Member
> Eugene Unix & GNU/Linux User Group Co-organizer
> On Feb 4, 2016 5:48 AM, "Peter Golis" <golisp at centrum.sk> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello Gentleman,
>>
>> During check of my logs I had found outdated ClamAV binaries (reported by
>> freshclam). Is there any continuous plan for making antivirus up to date?
>>
>>
>>
>> I know, this is only warning. But why to not have periodically updated
>> antivirus on the same way like web browser firefox which is allways up to
>> date on all *buntu derrivates?
>>
>>
>>
>> According to http://www.clamav.net/downloads the latest stable version
>> of ClamAV is 0.99.0 from 2015-12-01 18:15:38 UTC and pervious version in
>> Lubuntu is 0.98.7 from 2015-10-12 19:49:40 UTC which is *allmost 5
>> months old*.
>>
>>
>>
>> Clamav and freshclam actual versions:
>>
>>
>>
>> clamav-freshclam/xenial,now 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu5 powerpc
>> [installed,automatic]
>>   anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
>>
>>
>>
>> clamav/xenial,now 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu5 powerpc [installed,automatic]
>>   anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
>>
>> Log with complaint:
>>
>> $ tail -17 /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> --------------------------------------
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> ERROR: Can't save PID to file
>> /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid: No such file or directory
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> freshclam daemon 0.98.7 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH:
>> ppc, CPU: powerpc)
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> ClamAV update process started at Thu Feb  4
>> 14:06:13 2016
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to
>> HTTP mode.
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Thu Feb  4
>> 14:06:13 2016 -> WARNING: Can't get information about db.local.clamav.net:
>> Temporary failure in name resolution
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:13 2016 -> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from
>> db.local.clamav.net (IP: )
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:15 2016 -> Trying again in 5 secs...
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> ClamAV update process started at Thu Feb  4
>> 14:06:20 2016
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> WARNING: *Local version: 0.98.7 Recommended
>> version: 0.99*
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> DON'T PANIC! Read
>> http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
>> 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> daily.cld is up to date (version: 21341,
>> sigs: 1827592, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
>> Thu Feb  4 14:06:20 2016 -> bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 271,
>> sigs: 47, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg)
>> Thu Feb  4 14:07:31 2016 -> --------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>>
>> Peter.
>>
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