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@@ -1,4 +1,69 @@ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 5.5.4 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2010-04-?? +- bugfix: netstream ptcp support class was not correctly build on systems + without epoll() support +- bugfix: [NOT YET FIXED] segfault on Solaris/Sparc +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 5.5.3 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2010-04-09 +- added basic but functional support for Solaris +- imported many bugfixes from 3.6.2/4.6.1 (see ChangeLog below!) +- added new property replacer option "date-rfc3164-buggyday" primarily + to ease migration from syslog-ng. See property replacer doc for + details. +- added capability to turn off standard LF delimiter in TCP server + via new directive "$InputTCPServerDisableLFDelimiter on" +- bugfix: failed to compile on systems without epoll support +- bugfix: comment char ('#') in literal terminated script parsing + and thus could not be used. + but tracker: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=119 + [merged in from v3.22.2] +- imported patches from 4.6.0: + * improved testbench to contain samples for totally malformed messages + which miss parts of the message content + * bugfix: some malformed messages could lead to a missing LF inside files + or some other missing parts of the template content. + * bugfix: if a message ended immediately with a hostname, the hostname + was mistakenly interpreted as TAG, and localhost be used as hostname +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 5.5.2 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2010-02-05 +- applied patches that make rsyslog compile under Apple OS X. + Thanks to trey for providing these. +- replaced data type "bool" by "sbool" because this created some + portability issues. +- added $Escape8BitCharactersOnReceive directive + Thanks to David Lang for suggesting it. +- worked around an issue where omfile failed to compile on 32 bit platforms + under some circumstances (this smells like a gcc problem, but a simple + solution was available). Thanks to Kenneth Marshall for some advice. +- extended testbench +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 5.5.1 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2009-11-27 +- introduced the ablity for netstream drivers to utilize an epoll interface + This offers increased performance and removes the select() FDSET size + limit from imtcp. Note that we fall back to select() if there is no + epoll netstream drivers. So far, an epoll driver has only been + implemented for plain tcp syslog, the rest will follow once the code + proves well in practice AND there is demand. +- re-implemented $EscapeControlCharacterTab config directive + Based on Jonathan Bond-Caron's patch for v4. This now also includes some + automatted tests. +- bugfix: enabling GSSServer crashes rsyslog startup + Thanks to Tomas Kubina for the patch [imgssapi] +- bugfix (kind of): check if TCP connection is still alive if using TLS + Thanks to Jonathan Bond-Caron for the patch. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 5.5.0 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2009-11-18 +- moved DNS resolution code out of imudp and into the backend processing + Most importantly, DNS resolution now never happens if the resolved name + is not required. Note that this applies to imudp - for the other inputs, + DNS resolution almost comes for free, so we do not do it there. However, + the new method has been implemented in a generic way and as such may + also be used by other modules in the future. +- added option to use unlimited-size select() calls + Thanks to varmjofekoj for the patch + This is not done in imudp, as it natively supports epoll(). +- doc: improved description of what loadable modules can do +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 5.4.2 [v5-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-03-?? - bugfix(kind of): output plugin retry behaviour could cause engine to loop The rsyslog engine did not guard itself against output modules that do @@ -48,6 +113,16 @@ Version 5.3.7 [BETA] (rgerhards), 2010-01-27 a stack-based pointer which lead to destruction of the stack frame and thus a segfault on function return. Thanks to Michael Biebl for alerting us on this problem. +- bugfix: hostname accidently set to IP address for some message sources, + for example imudp. Thanks to Anton for reporting this bug. [imported v4] +- bugfix: ompgsql had problems with transaction support, what actually + rendered it unsuable. Thanks to forum user "horhe" for alerting me + on this bug and helping to debug/fix it! [imported from 5.3.6] +- bugfix: $CreateDirs variable not properly initialized, default thus + was random (but most often "on") [imported from v3] +- bugfix: potential segfaults during queue shutdown + (bugs require certain non-standard settings to appear) + Thanks to varmojfekoj for the patch [imported from 4.5.8] [backport from 5.5.2] - bugfix: wrong memory assignment for a config variable (probably without causing any harm) [backport from 5.2.2] @@ -349,7 +424,19 @@ increase. - increased ompgsql performance by adapting to new transactional output module interface --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Version 4.7.0 [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2009-09-?? +Version 4.7.2 [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2010-04-?? +- added new $Sleep directive to hold processing for a couple of seconds + during startup +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 4.7.1 [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2010-04-22 +- Solaris support much improved -- was not truely usable in 4.7.0 + Solaris is no longer supported in imklog, but rather there is a new + plugin imsolaris, which is used to pull local log sources on a Solaris + machine. +- testbench improvement: Java is no longer needed for testing tool creation +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 4.7.0 [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2010-04-14 +- new: support for Solaris added (but not yet the Solaris door API) - added function getenv() to RainerScript - added new config option $InputUnixListenSocketCreatePath to permit the auto-creation of pathes to additional log sockets. This @@ -362,11 +449,49 @@ Version 4.7.0 [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2009-09-?? - added new config directive $omfileForceChown to (try to) fix some broken system configs. See ticket for details: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=150 +- added $EscapeControlCharacterTab config directive + Thanks to Jonathan Bond-Caron for the patch. +- added option to use unlimited-size select() calls + Thanks to varmjofekoj for the patch +- debugondemand mode caused backgrounding to fail - close to a bug, but I'd + consider the ability to background in this mode a new feature... +- bugfix (kind of): check if TCP connection is still alive if using TLS + Thanks to Jonathan Bond-Caron for the patch. +- imported changes from 4.5.7 and below +- bugfix: potential segfault when -p command line option was used + Thanks for varmojfekoj for pointing me at this bug. - imported changes from 4.5.6 and below --------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Version 4.6.3 [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-03-?? +- bugfix: potential segfaults during queue shutdown + (bugs require certain non-standard settings to appear) + Thanks to varmojfekoj for the patch [imported from 4.5.8] +- improvded testbench + - added test with truly random data received via syslog to test + robustness + - added new configure option that permits to disable and enable an + extended testbench +- bugfix: default for $OMFileFlushOnTXEnd was wrong ("off"). + This, in default mode, caused buffered writing to be used, what + means that it looked like no output were written or partial + lines. Thanks to Michael Biebl for pointing out this bug. +- bugfix: testbench failed when not executed in UTC+1 timezone + accidently, the time zone information was kept inside some + to-be-checked-for responses +- temporary bugfix replaced by permanent one for + message-induced off-by-one error (potential segfault) (see 4.6.2) + The analysis has been completed and a better fix been crafted and + integrated. +- bugfix: the T/P/E config size specifiers did not work properly under + all 32-bit platforms +- bugfix: local unix system log socket was deleted even when it was + not configured +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 4.6.2 [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-03-26 - new feature: "." action type added to support writing files to relative pathes (this is primarily meant as a debug aid) +- added replacements for atomic instructions on systems that do not + support them. [backport of Stefen Sledz' patch for v5) - new feature: $OMFileAsyncWriting directive added it permits to specifiy if asynchronous writing should be done or not - bugfix(temporary): message-induced off-by-one error (potential segfault) |