clamav package in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake is incompatible with the latest virus database

[Scott Kitterman]

On Friday 07 September 2007 01:42, Jeremy Schoenhaar wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 06.09.2007, 16:26 -0400 schrieb Scott Kitterman:
> > On Thursday 06 September 2007 15:59, Meel Me wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is it correct that you are the maintainer of the Ubuntu package
> > > "clamav"?
> > >
> > > The clamav package in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake is incompatible with
> > > the latest virus database. When I try to scan my system I get the
> > > following error message: This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.
> > > Read http://www.clamav.net/faq.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Therefore I cannot scan my system for viruses.
> > >
> > > Can you please update the clamav package for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper
> > > Drake so it is compatible with the latest virus database agian?
> >
> > This is correct.  Unfortunately the interface between clamav and the
> > programs it integrates with changed in the current version and that makes
> > the current clamav incompatible with many packages in Dapper.  We are
> > working through testing upgrades for clamav and the associated package,
> > but this is a complex process that will take a while.
> >
> > Scott K
>
>  I know this probably isn't recemmend, but I got the Gutsy package to
> work on a Dapper server, by installing from the Gutsy repos. I could not
> get a package to build, but the gutsy package is installable and usable.
> So far I haven't had any problems with it, and there are no more
> error/warning messages in my logs.
>
> Jeremy

What packages are you using it with?  Some work fine.  Some appear to work 
fine, but just won't ever notice a virus being found.

Scott K