Re: [Grml] Virus scanner

Jupp, this is - very probably - the problem. Virus scanning definitely needs some RAM.

Maybe so but in that case the proper behavior is a graceful exit. An error message like "out of RAM" can go to stderr. It is still a bug to hang and do nothing.

I do not know whether the bug is ClamAV itself, or GRML, or Linux, some interaction. But out of memory is a classic testing condition that a lot of programmers neglect to handle.

Mark