I can confirm this issue on a current Etch system with clamav from volatile:
clamav.log contains the following lines and breaks my mail system: Tue Apr 8 17:19:02 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload. Tue Apr 8 17:19:02 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav Tue Apr 8 17:21:13 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Unable to lock database directory (try 1) Tue Apr 8 17:21:16 2008 -> Database correctly reloaded (246718 signatures) Tue Apr 8 18:25:05 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload. Tue Apr 8 18:25:05 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav Tue Apr 8 18:25:09 2008 -> Database correctly reloaded (246718 signatures) Tue Apr 8 19:25:12 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload. Tue Apr 8 19:25:12 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav Tue Apr 8 19:27:24 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Unable to lock database directory (try 1) Tue Apr 8 19:29:34 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Unable to lock database directory (try 2) Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Unable to lock database directory (try 3) Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Unable to lock database directory Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> Terminating because of a fatal error. Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> Socket file removed. Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> Pid file removed. Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 -> --- Stopped at Tue Apr 8 19:31:44 2008 Versions: ii clamav 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 antivirus scanner for Unix ii clamav-base 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 base package for clamav, an anti-virus utili ii clamav-daemon 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 antivirus scanner daemon ii clamav-freshclam 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 downloads clamav virus databases from the In ii libclamav3 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 virus scanner library Regards Jan Dittberner
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