From ec0dbd8dc4391d998115a64c20560ad288e7fb4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:32:18 +0000 Subject: preparing for 3.12.5 release --- doc/status.html | 21 ++++++++++----------- doc/v3compatibility.html | 18 +++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/status.html b/doc/status.html index 6cdcd54d..4966471a 100644 --- a/doc/status.html +++ b/doc/status.html @@ -4,19 +4,18 @@

rsyslog status page

This page reflects the status as of 2008-03-28.

Current Releases

development: 3.12.4 - + +

development: 3.12.5 - change log - download

If you used version 2, be sure to read the rsyslog v3 -compatibility document!
-Documentation for 3.x is currently partly sparse. If you need -assistance, please -post in -the rsyslog forums!

stable: 2.0.3 - change log - -download

If you updgrade from version 2, be sure to read the rsyslog v3 +compatibility document.

+ +

stable: 2.0.4 - change log - +download

(How are versions named?)

Platforms

Thankfully, a number of folks have begin to build packages and help port rsyslog to other platforms. As such, @@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml.

You may also find Rainer's blog an interesting read.

The project was initiated in 2004 by +

The project was initiated in 2003 and seriouosly begun in 2004 by Rainer Gerhards and is currently being maintained by him. See the history page for more background information.

- \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/doc/v3compatibility.html b/doc/v3compatibility.html index 033426cd..c6e4fec2 100644 --- a/doc/v3compatibility.html +++ b/doc/v3compatibility.html @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ Compatibility notes for rsyslog v3 - - +

Compatibility Notes for rsyslog v4

Written by Rainer Gerhards @@ -52,8 +51,8 @@ informative message is logged. Please note that -h was never supported in v2, but was silently ignored. It disappeared some time ago in the final v1 builds. It can be replaced by applying proper filtering inside syslog.conf.

-
-c option
-
The -c option is new and tell rsyslogd about the desired +
-c option / Compatibility Mode
+
The -c option is new and tells rsyslogd about the desired backward compatibility mode. It must always be the first option on the command line, as it influences processing of the other options. To use the rsyslog v3 native @@ -61,7 +60,16 @@ interface, specify -c3. To use compatibility mode , either do not use -c at all or use -c<vers> where vers is the rsyslog version that it shall be compatible to. Use -c0 to be -command-line compatible to sysklogd.
+command-line compatible to sysklogd.
Please note that rsyslogd issues warning messages if the -c3 command line option is not given. +This is to alert you that your are running in compatibility mode. +Compatibility mode interfers with you rsyslog.conf commands and may +cause some undesired side-effects. It is meant to be used with a plain +old rsyslog.conf - if you use new features, things become messy. So the +best advise is to work through this document, convert your options and +config file and then use rsyslog in native mode. In order to aid you in +this process, rsyslog logs every compatibility-mode config file +directive it has generated. So you can simply copy them from your +logfile and paste them to the config.

-e Option
This option is no longer supported, as the "last message repeated n times" feature is now turned off by default. We changed this default -- cgit