[Bug 794230] Re: Please merge rsyslog 5.8.1-1 (main) from debian unstable

[Scott Moser]

OK, when running my build, I do get the same messages regarding xconsole
that pitti saw in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/775703/comments/8
.  It *appears* that the newer syslog is just being overly annoying
about the xconsole issue, but what is really happening is its
segfaulting and upstart is restarting it.

ie:
$ sudo start rsyslog
$ tail /var/log/syslog
Jun  8 20:07:12 ip-10-68-51-59 kernel: imklog 5.8.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun  8 20:07:12 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.1" x-pid="15174" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Jun  8 20:07:12 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Jun  8 20:07:12 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Jun  8 20:07:12 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]
$ echo "hi" | logger
$ tail /var/log/syslog

Jun  8 20:08:35 ip-10-68-51-59 kernel: imklog 5.8.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Jun  8 20:08:35 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.1" x-pid="15826" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Jun  8 20:08:35 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
Jun  8 20:08:35 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's userid changed to 101
Jun  8 20:08:35 ip-10-68-51-59 rsyslogd-2039: Could no open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2039 ]

Note, the pid changed.

Debugging this, I installed the debian build of 5.81-1 from the debian
archive, and then substituted our rsyslog config in.  Everything is
fine.  I rebuilt the debian build from source in an oneiric sbuild, and
the segfault behavior is back.

So, this appears to me to be an issue shown or caused by different build
environments of debian versus ubuntu.

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Title:
  Please merge rsyslog 5.8.1-1 (main) from debian unstable

Status in “rsyslog” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: rsyslog

  Ubuntu is currently (oneiric) at 4.6.4-2ubuntu4.  Debian is at
  5.8.1-1ubuntu1. .