Binary package hint: clamav-freshclam
Both postinst and manually running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam" leave an invalid /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf file, leaving freshclam unable to update. Running freshclam results in the following error:
"ERROR: Incorrect argument format for option HTTPProxyPort
ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf"
When manually configuring via dpkg-reconfigure, the Proxy question cannot be left blank; the "http://" cannot be removed. In the generated freshclam.conf, the Proxy, HTTPProxyServer, and HTTPProxyPort lines all have invalid characters. Editing the file to correct or remove these lines results in a correctly functioning freshclam.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: clamav-freshclam 0.97+dfsg-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 18 15:07:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: clamav
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Thank you for taking the time to help make Ubuntu better.
I apologize for not understanding. However, I'm not able to reproduce this bug.
On a fresh ec2 instance (i386), I've tried:
$ sudo apt-get install clamav-freshclam
No errors occur on installation.
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam
# select 'daemon'
# select 'db.local.
# do not enter a proxy (just tab to 'ok')
# use the default '24' times per day
# take default 'No' that freshclam should be notified after updates.
I do not see any errors, nor do I see non ascii characters in /etc/clamav/
Could you provide some more information to help us reproduce the problem?