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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We recently changed our system logging code from sysklogd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to syslog-ng version 1.9.6 and seem to have lost the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">following functionality: When consecutively logged messages are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">identical, instead of seeing each individual</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">duplicate message in the logfile, we see the message</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"Last message repeated # times". </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Syslog-ng doesn't seem to support this feature though there</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">is code in log_msg_parse() that tests</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for 'repeat_msg_string' (defined as "last message repeated").<BR>
Why would this test be here if syslog-ng isn't supporting these</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">messages? If the feature is indeed supported, what do I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">need to do to get it to work? If not, are there plans to add it?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nancy Nichols</FONT>
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