[UPDATE] Re: clam bails during install on edgy

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday 12 February 2007 20:24, John Dangler wrote:

> And, upon opening the gui (clamtk), received this:
> Warning:
> Your virus signatures are 189 days old!
>
> Now, that's more in keeping with the Ubuntu Tradition! :P
>
> Anyone know how to get virus definitions just slightly younger than 6
> months old ??

Wait until they update automatically.  By default freshclam runs every hour.

> (I think launchpad (or whoever is responsible for this pkg) should
> definitely be made aware of the package install snafu...)

It's a known issue.  See:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/39853

Scott K