Re: [PATCH pve-installer/pmg-api 0/2] ensure clamav-daemon is enabled

[Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>]

On 09/06/2026 13:09, Stoiko Ivanov wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 12:49:20 +0200
> Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 09/06/2026 12:07, Stoiko Ivanov wrote:
>>> debian upstream's clamav packaging had some changes recently as to which
>>> services are enabled by default.
>>> This seems somewhat in active flux currently - so for the time being
>>> enable the 2 services PMG needs unconditionally.  
>>
>> Doesn't catches the on-top of plain Debian installation though? Why not
>> address this in our clamav packages? 
> Would also be an option - but tbh - the current intermediate version we
> ship should get replaced by the next update to clamav with (one of) the
> next trixie point releases - and I'd want to avoid tracking clamav
> ourselves, if the only diff is the service enablement.

Why? I'd always want to track such core packages for a product to reduce
reliance on external dependencies and avoid a few surprise like here, and
it's not like it would be _that_ much work?

> I sent a MR upstream last time (PMG 9.0):
> https://salsa.debian.org/clamav-team/clamav/-/merge_requests/7
> while this was not merged as is - there have been 3-4 different variants
> of how and which services are enabled and started in different branches
> and tags on salsa. - I don't mean to complain - but to say that I think
> this will take a while until the dust settles.

Supports my point above.