Your message dated Sat, 29 Oct 2022 21:37:22 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#508376: fixed in rsyslog 8.2210.0-3 has caused the Debian Bug report #508376, regarding rsyslog: /var/log/mail.log and /var/log/mail.info are identical to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [email protected] immediately.) -- 508376: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508376 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact [email protected] with problems
--- Begin Message ---Package: rsyslog Version: 3.18.5-1 Severity: normal Reading /etc/rsyslog.conf: ,---- | # First some standard log files. Log by facility. | # [...] | mail.* -/var/log/mail.log | user.* -/var/log/user.log | | # | # Logging for the mail system. Split it up so that | # it is easy to write scripts to parse these files. | # | mail.info -/var/log/mail.info | mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn | mail.err /var/log/mail.err `---- , as a layman I would assume that mail.log is a catch-all file, errors go to mail.err, warnings to mail.warn and information to mail.info. However, when I look into the files, the warnings and errors also show up in mail.info which makes this file rather redundant. In fact, it always has the same content as mail.log: ,---- | % for ext in {,.1,.{2,3,4}.gz}; do diff -s /var/log/mail.{info,log}$ext; done | Files /var/log/mail.info and /var/log/mail.log are identical | Files /var/log/mail.info.1 and /var/log/mail.log.1 are identical | Files /var/log/mail.info.2.gz and /var/log/mail.log.2.gz are identical | Files /var/log/mail.info.3.gz and /var/log/mail.log.3.gz are identical | Files /var/log/mail.info.4.gz and /var/log/mail.log.4.gz are identical `---- My MTA is postfix, if that makes a difference. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages rsyslog depends on: ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime Versions of packages rsyslog recommends: ii logrotate 3.7.1-5 Log rotation utility Versions of packages rsyslog suggests: pn rsyslog-doc <none> (no description available) pn rsyslog-mysql | rsyslog-pgsql <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Source: rsyslog Source-Version: 8.2210.0-3 Done: Michael Biebl <[email protected]> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of rsyslog, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Michael Biebl <[email protected]> (supplier of updated rsyslog package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:54:41 +0200 Source: rsyslog Architecture: source Version: 8.2210.0-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Changed-By: Michael Biebl <[email protected]> Closes: 475303 508376 580552 625483 Changes: rsyslog (8.2210.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium . * Stop splitting up mail.* This avoids having mail related messages duplicated in mail.log and mail.{info,warn,err}. (Closes: #508376) * Drop catch-all log files /var/log/{messages,debug} Avoid unnecessary duplication as those log messages end up in /var/log/syslog anyway. (Closes: #580552) * Stop splitting lpr facility into its own log file. The default printing system CUPS is not using this facility so its basically unused nowadays. * Stop splitting daemon facility into its own log file. The daemon facility is too vaguely defined to be really useful and since those log messages end up in /var/log/syslog anyway, stop duplicating them. * Split cron facility into its own log file /var/log/cron.log. The cron facility is widely used and limited enough in scope to have it split out separately. (Closes: #625483) * Update comments in rsyslog.conf * Enable high precision timestamps with timezone information. Use the default rsyslog file format, which provides several benefits like: - sortable - time zone information - sub-second time resolution (Closes: #475303) Checksums-Sha1: 230e116b824af5b937672884328aa8d9b7deaf6e 3250 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.dsc 4efa4e2a285e2adcdb83ff88b92458102861ec52 29328 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.debian.tar.xz 5851142ab160f4b0b9c254479b013bbe64456aa8 8215 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3_source.buildinfo Checksums-Sha256: d21bf5411c39df44e6c4e9e76a0202851e0c97ff1a0a10dad737225473635bb6 3250 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.dsc b3f0db38c763fe5a15c492ae7c8f5a1d820c2bbb87b8896b5b85d980d6598566 29328 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.debian.tar.xz 7417518c9f12372483a3c7988c653941f1b5da42b5c1dfd60f522f56683127bd 8215 rsyslog_8.2210.0-3_source.buildinfo Files: 3f41aae6459f7eb89805cb682bc1a6e6 3250 admin optional rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.dsc dd65e4e2652ad233077b7c519a5a29ea 29328 admin optional rsyslog_8.2210.0-3.debian.tar.xz 100d069fc77b0c9b64a3498364b9d072 8215 admin optional rsyslog_8.2210.0-3_source.buildinfo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEECbOsLssWnJBDRcxUauHfDWCPItwFAmNdlCkACgkQauHfDWCP ItzGnA/7Bpd5iXxTvbSltBOvTXTwyz5otN5pFlA9jH6nYE36mprMiGSHIUlQfjpO VF/VdzuknLrYR03MQByYiX3TyF0HTu+sDynrRccpVMeJ+/AhdwmGhaQYFYqFG2wl XvnuzCqza9sWlu8czK4lor6CpojlqNe0Y+wx8wQ1RjGFUiO/EqXhBoQHVC64X7hx e4vpc/jfkdyqveDTJ2HzoT1VV/yvOjpKvHftc1Ut6A0diVHowueneZ2TTr+VBvB9 +WmHw1ej9tg5LOUH8eXtm2hnZORjI3E9b4XfounTTJDXuDquL6ybAbERpdaeoTCc Imw4Dvp4HuCKAOTy4NZ9C+QbGUGlgp27Og8ziwwqX/byRs8rrD4doTx/OgFRXpwu 0eAqwvCbRrLfcWH/gswRDWIqknHEHeL35trcEcFdySJLAoE3tW6XmJ2LwhF4ddQ1 FKAlEADpqnMOsINtPMBAo89PbYx9/ZME9XLN5CzZlrxL5vjCWTSg//sBGK3/NZya lPGXnW9Q0Xb4BCuZnU444aUDuXa1QnZdOOG1ecDpwj1aPgbhNnXk9fj0DbS+weIJ OysgeOkJ+VS+ej16vG6zySnYEc8WUmLPpyNSf5K5bvVdSfDgCQ3ZuqqUx5q0KpnL a+nAXryXT3yZXv0kuhLRrLyEKG8y2beLlc6/UG5NbxyCrZ7PmSc= =Cduh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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