[syslog-ng] question about pattern database version 1

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 13:22 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Hello list.
> 
> The pattern database format 1 seems to force a mandatory program 
> pattern, wich doesn't exists for some messages, suchas  kernel oops and 
> memory exhaustion issues:
> Jan 19 15:18:24 localhost Call Trace:
> Jan 19 15:18:24 localhost ntpd invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1201d2, 
> order=0, oomkilladj=0
> 
> It seems to be corrected in version 2:
> rulesets can be defined without program pattern where these act as a 
> fail-back rule sets if no program pattern is matching or when message 
> does not have program part
> 
> I guess that means I'm can't do anything to catch those problems as long 
> as syslog-ng 3.1 OSE is released, right ?
> 

Well, you could always try the current beta version. Seems to run fine
for a number of people.

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Bazsi