There are no others currently of which I am aware. But the intent, as I understand it, was for packages like ClamAV, Snort (with its constantly changing signature file) and others. This is a "new" feature, so I would not expect many packages to be supported there yet.
Tim -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Lenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:15 AM To: Timothy Spear Cc: 'John Oxley'; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: ClamAV on Sarge "contains packages like ClamAV" .. under i386 I only see ClamAV. There are no other packages that are considered volatile? On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 09:29 -0400, Timothy Spear wrote: > The answer for ClamAV is to use Volatile. This partial distribution set > contains packages like ClamAV which are non-static and need to be updated on > a continual basis; even in a stable release. I am running 0.87 from Volatile > on my 3.1 systems. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Oxley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:06 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ClamAV on Sarge > > I am making my first foray into running a debian server. I have lots of > experience with FreeBSD servers and Etch on my desktop box. > > I know the whole mindset lying behind Sid/Etch/Sarge, but one thing has > me confused, and a bit worried about is Clam's version. > > Sarge only gets security updates right? Why is clam at version 0.84, > when there is 0.87 released. Is that not a security update? > > I've looked on backports.org and the latest clam is for woody, and its > only 0.85. > > Now here is my question. Is there some reliable source for keeping up > with the latest clam version, or will I have to compile it myself? If I > do compile it myself and build a debian package from it, should I submit > it to backports.org? Will they appreciate that or will I be stepping on > someone's toes? > > Are there going to be any other packages that I may run into these sorts > of problems with? > > Regards, > > -John > > -- > John Oxley > Systems Administrator > Yo!Africa > E-Mail: john at yoafrica.com > Tel: +263 4 858404 > echo '9k[l:l;s<s=0l>x]s"[1+l<dd*l=d*-l;+ds<rl=2**l:+ds=d*rd*+4<-d15>>] > s>[q]s-[d77/3*2-s;47l"x-P1+d78>`]s`0[d23/.5-3*s:0l`xr10P1+d24>$]ds$x'|dc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
