On Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:48:40 +0300 Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <k...@iki.fi> wrote: > Package: rsyslog > Version: 8.16.0-1+b4 > Severity: normal > User: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org > Usertags: hurd > > I get this to /var/log/syslog on each boot: > > Jul 2 16:19:36 luuska rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" > swVersion="8.16.0" x-pid="1207" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com";] start > Jul 2 16:19:36 luuska rsyslogd-2066: could not load module > '/usr/lib/rsyslog/imklog.so', dlopen: /usr/lib/rsyslog/imklog.so: undefined > symbol: klogWillRunPrePrivDrop [v8.16.0 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2066 ] > > and although gnumach writes "unexpected RESEND from keyboard" to > the console when I use a key combination to unfocus the > virtualbox window, rsyslog does not forward that message to > /var/log/kern.log. > > The error happens because the build system of rsyslog does not > recognize the GNU Hurd and builds imklog.so without compiling > bsd.c, which would define the missing symbols. To fix that, > one would first have to patch configure.ac so it recognizes > ${host}=i586-pc-gnu and sets os_type="bsd". (config.guess would > output "i686-unknown-gnu0.8" instead but that doesn't matter here > because dh_auto_configure provides the --build= option.) > > That change would fix the missing symbols but rsyslog would then > hit a Hurd bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48371 "read(fd, > NULL, 0) from /dev/klog blocks until there is data". This causes > rsyslog to block on startup. To work around it, you can #if out > the read call and related code in plugins/imklog/bsd.c > (klogWillRunPostPrivDrop). Then it'll start quickly and actually > log the kernel messages. > > After those fixes, rsyslog would still be slow to exit when the > OS is shut down. I haven't tried to find the reason for that. > > I do not intend to publish any patches for rsyslog but I hope > this description will help someone else fix the bug.
Is anyone from the GNU/Hurd porters interested in addressing this issue? If not, I'm inclined to close this bug report. Regards, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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