[Bug 534179] Re: Feature Request: Include bash syslog package

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Feature Request: Include bash syslog package

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: bash

  Bash 4.1 includes a feature which is disabled by default:

  config-top.h
          - new define SYSLOG_HISTORY, disabled by default

  bashhist.c
          - if SYSLOG_HISTORY is defined, call bash_syslog_history with the
            line added to the history in bash_add_history.
          - new function, bash_syslog_history(line), sends line to syslog at
            user.info.  The line is truncated to send no more than 600
            (SYSLOG_MAXLEN) bytes to syslog. Feature requested by many, and
            required by some national laws


  It would be advantageous if we could make a package which compile a
  bash binary including this option turned on so system administrators
  can use this without having to maintain their own version of bash.

  This change could also be coordinated with syslog changes to have the
  entries logged to a file such as /var/log/bash.log by default.

  The new package could perhaps be called: bash-syslog, and would of
  course not be installed by default.

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