1) Can you describe the tool-chain you are working with on windows?
Visual Studio 2005
What external packages/libraries have been configured and how were they
built, where are they stored, etc?
pthread-win32
2) It seems that the binary files in the current clamAV.msi were built
without "SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES", since freshclam reports this.
What are the issues and plans in this area? Can I help?
I am yet to add GMP to the project. It is on my TODO list. You can help
by pointing me in the direction of the correct source version to use, I
hear that some are better than others ;-)
3) Are the files generated in when building clamAV.msi, merely built
from the latest files from cvs.clamav.net?
Yes, but you need the patches in contrib since not all developers have
included fixes in their code. You'll also need .vcproj files which I can
send you - I haven't bothered to commit them to CVS.
If not, where can we get the
actual source files? It seems that there might be a relationship to
contrib/Windows/Projects/ClamAV/patches. Is this patch being kept up to
date? Why have some, but not all of the O_BINARY patches been
incorporated in the mainline code?
That depends on the author maintaining the relevant code. Some have
agreed to include the patches in their main code, some haven't.
< In any case, some folks have already
reported issues with the mmap() implementation by reporting error
messages which match the ones implemented in the
contrib/Windows/Projects/ClamAV/libclamav/compat.c code. The attached
patch fixes mmap() to support multiple concurrent mmap() calls, and
provides fixes which will work for both the mmap and readdir code when
compiled for a 64bit OS environment if that ever happens.
Thanks, I'll look into these ASAP.
4) freshclam running at the start of the ClamAV service is nice, but
I'd really hope that the system running ClamAV wouldn't reboot or
restart the ClamaAV service very often. Meanwhile, there have been
virusdb updates for the last few days which have ranged from a minimum
of 4 up to 8 times per day, so clearly continuously running freshclam is
desirable. What are your plans regarding getting both clamd and
freshclam running in the background? Can I help?
You *should* be able to call freshclam from time to time with the
Windows XP scheduler, however it is true that I need to get the daemon
mode working, or modify the Windows service program to call freshclam
from time to time.
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