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Bug 169059 - app-antivirus/clamav-0.90 requires GMP for freshclam to check signatures
Summary: app-antivirus/clamav-0.90 requires GMP for freshclam to check signatures
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Antivirus Team
URL: http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
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Reported: 2007-03-02 23:02 UTC by Rob Terhaar
Modified: 2007-03-03 11:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Rob Terhaar 2007-03-02 23:02:20 UTC
I just upgraded to clamav 0.90, and ran freshclam to update my defs and saw this: SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES

I checked the FAQ:

What does SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES mean?

    * The ClamAV package requires the GMP library to verify the digital signature of the virus database. When building ClamAV you need the GMP library and its headers: if you are using Debian just run apt-get install libgmp3-dev, if you are using an RPM based distribution install the gmp-devel package. You’ll need to rerun ./configure and recompile ClamAV.


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Rob Terhaar 2007-03-02 23:10:42 UTC
update- even after i emerged GMP and then re-emerged clamav, I still see the warning
Comment 2 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-03-03 11:51:38 UTC
GMP usage is controlled by the gmp USE flag, so even if you have gmp installed, it won't be used if this flag is off.

This said, I think it's a better idea to have gmp dependency mandatory - digital signatures here are a very good idea, and naming of gmp USE flag doesn't convey well enough what it's used for in this package.

Fixed in CVS, thanks for the report.