that's coz of pkg-config most probably, make sure you have the correct PATH for it and that the .pc files were copied when you built libestr.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Josh Bitto <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I'm following the installation instructions and when I did the > configure it said there was a missing package for libestr.....so I > downloaded that and followed the install > instructions.....configure....make...makeinstall.....so that went without a > hitch. > > So I go back to rsyslog and try to configure again and it says that the > package is still not installed. oO > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:06 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog version > > On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 22:28 +0530, Soham Chakraborty wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I think a sane approach would be to note down the directives you are > > using un v5 and then comparing them with v7 to see how they differ, in > > behavior and documentation. > > This never happens in rsyslog. Once a directive and its behaviour is > introduced, it is immutable, specifically to not break anything. > However, some directives may become obsoleted, but that is rare. > Differences can always be found in the compatibility notes, right from the > main doc page. The most recent version is always available online: > > http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/manual.html > > Older versions are in the respective release tarballs. > > > If your syslog stuff is maintained/supported/used by others, probably > > educate them too. Keep the working v5 config file handy so that you > > can revert to v5, if things don't work as expected with v7 and you > > need to debug. > > > > Particular use case testing is the best method that I can think of. > > > Testing is always a good idea, it is always possible that there is some > regression nobody detected. Or that an old version did not properly catch > an error in the config, where the new one does. > > As general advise, one should look at rsyslog startup messages (syslog.*). > Many people do not record them and so are puzzled when things go wrong > where otherwise a message is available that explains in plain words the > cause ;) > > HTH > Rainer > > > Soham > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Josh Bitto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Currently I'm running version rsyslog-5.8.10-6.el6.x86_64......So > > > did some checking and there is a stable release of rsyslog 7.2.6 ST > > > is available. I looked at the release notes and the bug fixes and > > > should I be cautious when upgrading or is it pretty straight forward? > > > > > > > > > > > > Joshua Bitto > > > Information Technologist > > > KCC > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > rsyslog mailing list > > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE > > > WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > > > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if > > > you DON'T LIKE THAT. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE > > WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of > sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T > LIKE THAT. > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: > This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites > beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE > THAT. > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
