Re: [clamav-users] what initiates freshclam? [OT]
--On Friday, January 07, 2022 10:45 AM -0500 Kris Deugau wrote: IIRC most of that one can be laid at the feet of the kernel developers trying to make hardware enumeration more predictable, and systemd is just one of several places the sysadmin can try to clean up the pieces. Agreed. I recommend taking further discussion of systemd to its own list: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel (Unless it's discussion of how ClamAV interacts with systemd, such as in the optional unit files for launching freshclam that can replace the old crontab drop-in file.) ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
Re: [clamav-users] what initiates freshclam? [OT]
G.W. Haywood via clamav-users wrote: IMHO this is a pretty unconvincing reason to change your init system, especially to one which is both as new as systemd, and as capable of stupidity on a scale never before seen in any init system. A couple of examples here (the wanton renaming of Ethernet interfaces IIRC most of that one can be laid at the feet of the kernel developers trying to make hardware enumeration more predictable, and systemd is just one of several places the sysadmin can try to clean up the pieces. My understanding is about 50% "WTF?", but supposedly the change came about because a physical device on a known physical slot location will show up in the PCI hardware enumeration in a semirandom order. The people having most issue with this were people using "many" multiport NICs to build routers, and they were apparently having real problems with logical interfaces semirandomly migrating from card to card to card. When you're actively trying to decide where to fling packets around this is a Big Problem(TM). -kgd ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
Re: [clamav-users] what initiates freshclam? [OT]
Hi there, On Fri, 7 Jan 2022, Kenneth Porter wrote: ... One reason to switch to systemd is that you no longer need to implement a random delay in your own script to reduce server load from lots of client scripts slamming the server at the top of the hour. See the RandomizedDelaySec and FixedRandomDelay options in the timer help. There's a metaphor about babies and bathwater around here somewhere. IMHO this is a pretty unconvincing reason to change your init system, especially to one which is both as new as systemd, and as capable of stupidity on a scale never before seen in any init system. A couple of examples here (the wanton renaming of Ethernet interfaces and, to the amazement of all concerned, the killing of an ext3 fsck boot job because it took longer then 90 seconds) both necessitated trips to remote sites to recover from the installation of systemd by Debian's packaging system during the upgrade to 'Buster'. Be very sure you've tested the new setup if you switch to systemd. Personally, I avoid it like covid-19. -- 73, Ged. ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
