Public bug reported: This is basically a request to have an upstream patch applied to the current Ubuntu Xenial package.
Changes made in sudo 1.8.14 introduced this bug. It was fixed upstream in 1.8.17 https://www.sudo.ws/devel.html#1.8.17b1 https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=742 Ubuntu release: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Package version: sudo/xenial-updates,now 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.5 amd64 I am willing to help fix this (literally a one-liner in the patch), I just don't know the proper channels. ** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787508 Title: (non-syslog) log file entries are missing the newline when loglinelen is set to a non-positive number (sudo version 1.8.14 - 1.8.16) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/1787508/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs