Subject: Re: libc 12.148 bad for my syslogd
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
From: Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/29/2006 22:19:09
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Christos Zoulas wrote:

> In article <slrnekatgi.pt8.mason@g.primenet.com.au>,
> Geoff Wing  <mason@primenet.com.au> wrote:
>> Sometime after 2006.10.25.14.00.00 and before 2006.10.27.14.00.00
>> a version of libc broke my syslog functionality.  Now most stuff
>> goes to /var/log/messages (where it should be ignored due to FOO.none
>> directives) and not other files.  e.g. cron log entries in /var/log/messages:
>>
>> Oct 30 14:40:00 g <Oct 30 14:40:00 [: (root) CMD FINISH (/usr/libexec/atrun)
>>
>> instead of normal cron log file:
>>
>> Oct 30 12:00:00 g cron[10790]: (root) CMD FINISH (/usr/libexec/atrun)
>>
>> Is syslogd working for everyone else?  Christos?
>
> Just fixed it; it was a bug in fprintf().

I suppose this isn't going to bump the version number. This could come
back to haunt you.

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