>Number:         906
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Format of output by newsyslog contains extraneous space
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 25 23:20:02 1995
>Originator:     Thorsten Lockert
>Organization:
SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
>Release:        NetBSD-current as of March 22, 1995
>Environment:
System: NetBSD gandalf.sigmasoft.com 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (GANDALF) #1: Wed Mar 22 20:53:44 PST 1995 tholo@gandalf.sigmasoft.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GANDALF i386


>Description:
	newsyslog(1) outputs extra space between data and hostname on
	the entries it adds to the logfiles in rolls over.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Look at the entries added to the logfiles by newsyslog(1)
>Fix:
Apply the following patch

--- src/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c.orig	Sat Mar 25 23:01:24 1995
+++ src/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c	Sat Mar 25 23:01:33 1995
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         progname = argv[0];
         timenow = time((time_t *) 0);
         daytime = ctime(&timenow) + 4;
-        daytime[16] = '\0';
+        daytime[15] = '\0';
 
         /* Let's find the pid of syslogd */
         syslog_pid = 0;
>Audit-Trail:
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