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Date:      9 May 2004 22:26:57 -0000
From:      tmseck-lists@netcologne.de (Thomas-Martin Seck)
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: current qmail-scanner port with clamav and f-prot fails on 4testvirus.org messages
Message-ID:  <20040509222657.1008.qmail@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org>
In-Reply-To: <409EA958.5030402@bishnet.net>

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* Tim Bishop <tim@bishnet.net> [gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports]:

> Sorry - a late reply to this thread.
> 
> I maintain the f-prot port, and the definitions for it. I like to think 
> I keep the f-prot up-to-date as best I can (currently it's one minor 
> revision behind, and there's a PR waiting to sort that out).
> 
> However, the definitions are a harder thing to solve. The f-prot guys 
> update the definitions on an almost daily basis. Should I be updating 
> the port that often? I suspect not. A better strategy would be for users 
> of the port to keep the definitions up-to-date manually.

How about adding an example script to the port that fetches the updated
signatures and that can be customized and cron(8)'ed by the administrator
as desired? (Since I do not use these ports I do not know whether such a
script is already supplied either by the port or by the vendor.)



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