Configuration changes from the 0.8x series

0.9x introduces a new configuration syntax: you can now turn single options on and off with the keywords "yes" and "no", the old crude hack of "DisableDefaultScanOptions" is no longer required.

Please have a look at the examples: clamav-0.9*/etc/clamd.conf and clamav-0.9*/etc/freshclam.conf

Automatic conversion of config. file

Reinhard Max provides a nice script that can handle the migration to the new config. file format automatically: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/clamav/updateclamconf

A copy of the script is also attached to this page: updateclamconf: Upgrade conf file from 0.8x to 0.9x

Known problems

• MIME Defang users should read this: http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20070217.094625.aaecd605.en.html
• Clamassassin users should read this: http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20070221.171602.00f4f07f.en.html
• There are reports of serious load and stability problems introduced in ClamAV 0.90 running on Solaris and FreeBSD^? systems. Be cautious installing 0.90 on production systems. This has been solved in 0.90.1.
• There are library API/ABI changes in ClamAV 0.90 as compared to 0.8x. For most applications, the major changes are the transition from cl_loaddb and cl_loaddir to cl_load, and the extra argument to the function. Some applications also used cl_scanbuff, which is now gone. There is no good option for these applications.

-- StephenGran - 17 Feb 2007

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