Package: syslog-ng
Version: 3.1.3-3
Severity: normal

When adding the parameter -Q to /etc/default/syslog-ng like this

 # Command line options to syslog-ng
 SYSLOGNG_OPTS="--no-caps -Q /tmp/"

/etc/init.d/syslog-ng (re)start fails with

Starting system logging: syslog-ngError parsing command line arguments: Unknown 
option -Q failed!

Hoverever, according man syslog-ng

       --qdisk-dir <path> or -Q <path>
           Specify the location of the file used for disk-based buffering. By 
default, this file is located at /var/lib/syslog-ng/.

should be valid.


coldtobi

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.5-iop32x
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages syslog-ng depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-11        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcap2                 1:2.19-3         support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libdbi0                 0.8.2-3          Database Independent Abstraction L
ii  libevtlog0              0.2.8~1-2        Syslog event logger library
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.5-10       GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.2-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libnet1                 1.1.4-2          library for the construction and h
ii  libpcre3                8.02-1.1         Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8o-5         SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-19         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base                3.2-27           Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages syslog-ng recommends:
ii  logrotate                     3.7.8-6    Log rotation utility

Versions of packages syslog-ng suggests:
pn  libdbd-mysql                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  libdbd-pgsql                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  libdbd-sqlite3                <none>     (no description available)

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/default/syslog-ng changed:
 
CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL=1
SYSLOGNG_OPTS="--no-caps -Q /tmp/"


-- no debconf information



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