From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 00:53:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A590316A4CE; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:53:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.7.103.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4813C43D39; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:53:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Aqq7f-000FF3-CT; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:53:31 +0200 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:53:31 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Greg Lewis Message-ID: <20040211085331.GG29980@starjuice.net> References: <200402030646.i136kLkp009910@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040211075911.GB29980@starjuice.net> <20040211083759.GB9651@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040211083759.GB9651@misty.eyesbeyond.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org cc: Greg Lewis Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/clamav Makefile pkg-plist ports/security/clamav/files clamav-freshclam.sh X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:53:38 -0000 On (2004/02/11 01:37), Greg Lewis wrote: > > What is the advantage of using an rc.d script over using cron? I think > > cron is a superior solution for freshclam; if your run freshclam from > > rc.d and it dies without yoru noticing, you're _screwed_. > > Well, whether you run freshclam in daemon mode or whether you run it from > cron is still up to you :). I'm sorry; I commented after reading only the commit message. If I hadn't been so eager to criticize, I'd have seen that the clamav-freshclam.sh script only runs if clamav_freshclam_enable is set in rc.conf. I like rcNG. :-) Thanks, Sheldon.