On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 02:50:30PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > this regressed between 2.37.3 and 2.38~rc1 and you were the person > to touch this code last; do you have any idea which change introduced > this regression and a possible fix?
Already reported: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/1866 Bugfix: http://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/96ccdc00e1fcf1684f9734a189baf90e00ff0c9a Karel > > Thanks in advance! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Message-ID: <167530436240.9092.12628425440425024484.report...@ara4.mirbsd.org> > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 02:19:22 +0000 > Subject: Bug#1030285: bsdutils: logger: regressed to reusing initial timestamp > > Package: bsdutils > Version: 1:2.38.1-4 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: t...@mirbsd.de > > I *know* we had this bug already, and it got fixed at some time, > but apparently a regression was introduced and this bug shows up > again in sid: long-running logger(1) sessions do not receive an > updated timestamp for later lines: > > root@ara4:~ # tail -F /var/log/syslog& > root@ara4:~ # (echo foo; sleep 5; echo bar) | logger -t baz > Feb 2 02:04:24 ara4 baz: foo > Feb 2 02:04:24 ara4 baz: bar > > Compare bullseye: > > tglase@x61w:~ $ (echo foo; sleep 5; echo bar) | logger -t baz > Feb 2 03:04:45 x61w baz: foo > Feb 2 03:04:50 x61w baz: bar > > I use “dæmonprogram | logger -t nameofthat” quite often, and > having output with ancient timestamps suddenly show up in logs > is confusing (especially fail2ban very much dislikes that). > > For the sake of completeness, the bullseye system uses > inetutils-syslogd 2:2.0-1+deb11u1, the sid system has > inetutils-syslogd 2:2.4-2, but TTBOMK the timestamp is > generated by logger(1), not the syslog dæmon (that would > be weird). > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers unreleased > APT policy: (500, 'unreleased'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: m68k > > Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-2-m68k (UP) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/bash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) > > Versions of packages bsdutils depends on: > ii libc6 2.36-4+ports > ii libsystemd0 252.4-1 > > Versions of packages bsdutils recommends: > ii bsdextrautils 2.38.1-4 > > bsdutils suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > -- Karel Zak <k...@redhat.com> http://karelzak.blogspot.com
