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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Syslog messages have multiple
      components to the. Date/time, host, program, message and a few
      others.</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">The important point is that the program
      and message are independent items. This means that the pattern
      database must use a two phase matching method, first matching the
      program and then matching the message.</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Another way to look at it is that the
      same message for two different programs means two independent
      matching rules.</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Taking this into account you need to
      write your patterndb differently. Either merging the rulesets (as
      proposed by aszakacs), or breaking apart the duplicate rule (one
      rule for two programs) as shown below. Although it may have worked
      (or appeared to have worked) in syslog-ng 3.6 or 3.7, it was
      against the patterndb specification.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><ruleset
      id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c" description=""><br>
          <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
          <rules><br>
              <rule id="f1e2bfd7bb85402a88d0b732821a0f94"><br>
                  <patterns><br>
                      <pattern>foo</pattern><br>
                  </patterns><br>
              </rule>
      <div>        <rule id="a681963842014480a83a2a2e38875439"><br>
                    <patterns><br>
                        <pattern>anything</pattern><br>
                    </patterns><br>
                </rule><br>
               <rule id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f598"><br>
                  <patterns><br>
                     <pattern>bar</pattern><br>
                  </patterns><br>
               </rule></div>
      <div>       <rule id="94d4a0c324c8-44a88cf3d4640477d399"><br>
                  <patterns><br>
                     <pattern>something</pattern><br>
                  </patterns><br>
               </rule> </div>
      <div>    </rules><br>
        </ruleset><br>
        <ruleset id="17fae6edff32a53f9f294ab21240fc2641e7a4db"
        description=""><br>
            <pattern>ProxySG</pattern><br>
            <rules><br>
               <rule id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f5fa"><br>
                  <patterns><br>
                     <pattern>bar</pattern><br>
                  </patterns><br>
               </rule></div>
      <div>        <rule id="94d4a0c324c8-44a88cf3d4640477d35e"><br>
                  <patterns><br>
                     <pattern>something</pattern><br>
                  </patterns><br>
               </rule><br>
            </rules><br>
         </ruleset><br>
      </div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Both this solution and the one by
      aszakacs have ONE ruleset for any given program (ruleset pattern).</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I don't see any other alternatives.</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Evan.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/17/20 1:29 AM, Nitish Saboo wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 2:37
          PM Nitish Saboo <<a href="mailto:nitish.saboo55@gmail.com"
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            <div dir="ltr">Hi Attila,
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              <div>1,2) The issue is that you used "proxysg" in two
                different rulesets. I believe syslog-ng could handle
                this, but we do not handle it right now.<br>
              </div>
              <div>>> But the same default.xml file is working
                fine in version syslog-ng-3,6,2 and syslog-ng-3.7.1
                where we have same program in different rulesets.The
                behavior in version syslog-ng-3,6,2 and syslog-ng-3.7.1
                is the expected behavior or is the current behavior in
                syslog-ng-3.25.1 version is having a Bug ?</div>
              <div><br>
                3/4) You can merge the two rulesets, if it is okay for
                you:</div>
              <div>>>Merging the rulesets is not possible at this
                moment.</div>
              <div>Do we have any workaround for this scenario other
                than merging the rulesets?<br>
              </div>
              <div>When can we expect a fix for this in near future ?</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Thanks,</div>
              <div>Nitish</div>
            </div>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at
                2:23 PM Attila Szakacs (aszakacs) <<a
                  href="mailto:Attila.Szakacs@oneidentity.com"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Attila.Szakacs@oneidentity.com</a>>
                wrote:<br>
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style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1,2)
                    The issue is that you used "proxysg" in two
                    different rulesets. I believe syslog-ng could handle
                    this, but we do not handle it right now.</div>
                  <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3/4)
                    You can merge the two rulesets, if it is okay for
                    you:</div>
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style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
                      style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"><?xml
                      version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?></span><span><br>
                    </span>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                          <patterndb version="4"></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                              <ruleset
                        id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"
                        description=""></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                  <pattern>proxysg</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                  <pattern>ProxySG</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                  <rules></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      <rule
                        id="f1e2bfd7bb85402a88d0b732821a0f94"></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          <patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                             
                        <pattern>foo</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          </patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      </rule></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      <rule
                        id="a681963842014480a83a2a2e38875439"></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          <patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                             
                        <pattern>anything</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          </patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      </rule></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      <rule
                        id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f5fa"></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          <patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                             
                        <pattern>bar</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          </patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      </rule></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      <rule
                        id="94d4a0c324c8-44a88cf3d4640477d35e"></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          <patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                             
                        <pattern>something</pattern></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                          </patterns></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                      </rule></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                                  </rules></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><span
                        style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                              </ruleset></span><br>
                    </div>
                    <span style="font-family:Consolas,Courier,monospace"> 
                        </patterndb></span></div>
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style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
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                      <b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 17, 2020 6:30 AM<br>
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                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [syslog-ng] Warnings and error
                      while loading default.xml in syslog-ng-3.25.1</font>
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                        <div dir="ltr">Hi Evan,
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>Apologies for the confusion but I did
                            close the rule tag in my default.xml ,
                            missed adding it here.</div>
                          <div>The error does not seem to be related to
                            improper closing of tags.<br>
                            <br>
                            This is how it looks :<br>
                            <br>
                            <ruleset
                            id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"
                            description=""><br>
                                <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
                                <rules><br>
                                    <rule
                            id="f1e2bfd7bb85402a88d0b732821a0f94"><br>
                                        <patterns><br>
                                           
                            <pattern>foo</pattern><br>
                                        </patterns><br>
                                    </rule></div>
                          <div>        <rule
                            id="a681963842014480a83a2a2e38875439"><br>
                                        <patterns><br>
                                           
                            <pattern>anything</pattern><br>
                                        </patterns><br>
                                    </rule><br>
                                </rules><br>
                            </ruleset><br>
                            <ruleset
                            id="17fae6edff32a53f9f294ab21240fc2641e7a4db"
                            description=""><br>
                                 
                             <pattern>ProxySG</pattern><br>
                                 
                             <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
                                <rules><br>
                                   <rule
                            id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f5fa"><br>
                                      <patterns><br>
                                       
                             <pattern>bar</pattern><br>
                                      </patterns><br>
                                   </rule></div>
                          <div>        <rule
                            id="94d4a0c324c8-44a88cf3d4640477d35e"><br>
                                      <patterns><br>
                                       
                             <pattern>something</pattern><br>
                                      </patterns><br>
                                   </rule><br>
                                </rules><br>
                             </ruleset><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div>I am getting the following error message:<br>
                            <br>
                             2020-02-13T10:47:29.631090] Error parsing
                            pattern database file;
                            filename='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml',
                            error='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml:17274:22:
                            Joining rulesets with mismatching program
                            name sets, program=proxysg'.<br>
                            <br>
                            My hunch is the issue is related to merging
                            of two rulesets but I am not able to
                            understand why is there mismatching of
                            program names.</div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                          <div> 1) Can someone please help me understand
                            the issue here ?<br>
                            <br>
                             2) Is the issue seen because a ruleset has
                            multiple programs in it or is it because the
                            same program 'proxysg' is being used in
                            different rulesets ?<br>
                            <br>
                             3) From the above snippet of default.xml,
                            what changes can I make into default.xml to
                            avoid the error ?<br>
                            <br>
                             4) Is there a workaround for this issue ?<br>
                            <br>
                             Thanks,<br>
                             Nitish<br>
                          </div>
                          <div><br>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 12:40
                            AM Evan Rempel <<a
                              href="mailto:erempel@uvic.ca"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">erempel@uvic.ca</a>>
                            wrote:<br>
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                              <div>I'm not exactly sure what is or is
                                not permitted in the pattern database
                                but I two comments.</div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>1. you need end your rule tag and
                                your rules tag before you start a new
                                ruleset tag.</div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>2. What I do in my pattern database
                                is of the form.</div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div><ruleset
                                id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"
                                description=""><br>
                                   
                                <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
                                    <rules><br>
                                        <rule
                                id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"><br>
                                            <patterns><br>
                                               
                                <pattern>foo</pattern><br>
                                            </patterns></div>
                              <div>        </rule><br>
                                        <rule
                                id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f5fa"><br>
                                            <patterns><br>
                                               
                                <pattern>bar</pattern><br>
                                            </patterns><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>    </rules></div>
                              <div></ruleset></div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>Note:</div>
                              <div>1. the closing tag of </rule>
                                before a new starting tag of
                                <rule><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>2. Multiple "rule" entries inside the
                                the "rules" entry.</div>
                              <div>3. the closing tag of </rule>
                                before the closing tag of </rules><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>4. the closing tag of </rules>
                                before the closing tag of
                                </ruleset><br>
                              </div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>I hope that helps.</div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>Evan.<br>
                              </div>
                              <div><br>
                              </div>
                              <div>On 2/15/20 12:43 AM, Nitish Saboo
                                wrote:<br>
                              </div>
                              <blockquote type="cite">
                                <div dir="ltr">Hi,<br>
                                  <br>
                                  After debugging further into the issue
                                  looks like there was a fix for
                                  patterndb rule clash in syslog-ng-3.8
                                  and this is the commit-id
                                  '12cd960c8f47260b0b0d4154b096994d66fe345'<br>
                                  for the fix. And for this reason I am
                                  getting the following error for same
                                  default.xml in syslog-ng-3.25.1
                                  version and not in syslog-ng3.6.2 and
                                  syslog-ng3.7.1.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  2020-02-13T10:47:29.631090] Error
                                  parsing pattern database file;
                                  filename='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml',
error='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml:17274:22: Joining rulesets with
                                  mismatching program name sets,
                                  program=proxysg'.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Snippet from default.xml<br>
                                  ==========================<br>
                                  <br>
                                  <ruleset
                                  id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"
                                  description=""><br>
                                     
                                  <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
                                      <rules><br>
                                        <rule
                                  id="f582419b3baa42d4a57e42b89704e38c"><br>
                                        <patterns><br>
                                         
                                   <pattern>foo</pattern><br>
                                        </patterns><br>
                                   <br>
                                    <ruleset
                                  id="8d633c824e844a559088d803464e507a"
                                  description=""><br>
                                     
                                  <pattern>ProxySG</pattern><br>
                                     
                                  <pattern>proxysg</pattern><br>
                                      <rules><br>
                                        <rule
                                  id="bb169f917216467985cc16e28015f5fa"><br>
                                        <patterns><br>
                                         
                                   <pattern>bar</pattern><br>
                                        </patterns><br>
                                  <br>
                                   I am not able to understand the error
                                  message clearly.<br>
                                  <br>
                                   1) Can someone please help me
                                  understand the issue here ?<br>
                                  <br>
                                   2) Is the issue seen because a
                                  ruleset has multiple programs in it or
                                  is it because the same program
                                  'proxysg' is being used in different
                                  rulesets ?<br>
                                  <br>
                                   3) From the above snippet of
                                  default.xml, what changes can I make
                                  into default.xml to avoid the error ?<br>
                                  <br>
                                   4) Is there a workaround for this
                                  issue ?<br>
                                  <br>
                                   Thanks,<br>
                                   Nitish<br>
                                </div>
                                <br>
                                <div>
                                  <div dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at
                                    2:40 PM Nitish Saboo <<a
                                      href="mailto:nitish.saboo55@gmail.com"
                                      target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">nitish.saboo55@gmail.com</a>>
                                    wrote:<br>
                                  </div>
                                  <blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px
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                                    rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                                    <div dir="ltr">Hi Attila,
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Thanks for your response.</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>And what about the following
                                        error:</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>2020-02-13T10:47:29.631090]
                                        Error parsing pattern database
                                        file;
                                        filename='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml',
error='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml:17274:22: Joining rulesets with
                                        mismatching program name sets,
                                        program=proxysg'.<br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>The same default.xml file was
                                        getting loaded correctly in
                                        syslog-ng-3.6.2 and
                                        syslog-ng-3.7.1 but getting
                                        following error while loading
                                        same default.xml in
                                        syslog-ng3.25.1 <br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I came across a similar issue
                                        on githib '<a
href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fsyslog-ng%2Fsyslog-ng%2Fissues%2F2763&data=02%7C01%7CAttila.Szakacs%40oneidentity.com%7C7984ff7f5a4241fdae2208d7b36a9848%7C91c369b51c9e439c989c1867ec606603%7C0%7C0%7C637175142727691628&sdata=WdmKYNdboeB7Y26uuDXhmR225uPqIfX6x4U3Sff2qbY%3D&reserved=0"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/issues/2763</a>'
                                        .I see the issue is still in
                                        open state.Is there a workaround
                                        for this issue?</div>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>Thanks,</div>
                                      <div>Nitish</div>
                                    </div>
                                    <br>
                                    <div>
                                      <div dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 14,
                                        2020 at 1:12 PM Attila Szakacs
                                        (aszakacs) <<a
                                          href="mailto:Attila.Szakacs@oneidentity.com"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">Attila.Szakacs@oneidentity.com</a>>
                                        wrote:<br>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hi!</div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">WARNING:
                                              due to a bug in versions
                                              before syslog-ng
                                              3.8numeric comparison
                                              operators like '!=' in
                                              filter expressions were
                                              evaluated as string
                                              operators. This is fixed
                                              in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                              are operating in
                                              compatibility mode,
                                              syslog-ng will exhibit the
                                              buggy behaviour as
                                              previous versions until
                                              you bump the @version
                                              value in your
                                              configuration file;</span><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline"><br>
                                            </span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">^^^
                                              This refers to the
                                              syslog-ng.conf file
                                              version.</span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline"><br>
                                            </span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">The
                                              correct way to resolve it,
                                              and fix the buggy behavior
                                              of != and ==, should be to
                                              change the != operators
                                              between strings to neq in
                                              your filters.</span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline"><br>
                                            </span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">Regards,</span></div>
                                          <div
style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span
style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline">Attila</span></div>
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                                            <font style="font-size:11pt"
                                              face="Calibri, sans-serif"
                                              color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
                                              syslog-ng <<a
                                                href="mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu"
                                                target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu</a>>
                                              on behalf of Nitish Saboo
                                              <<a
                                                href="mailto:nitish.saboo55@gmail.com"
                                                target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">nitish.saboo55@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday,
                                              February 13, 2020 12:17 PM<br>
                                              <b>To:</b> Syslog-ng
                                              users' and developers'
                                              mailing list <<a
                                                href="mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu"
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                                              <b>Subject:</b>
                                              [syslog-ng] Warnings and
                                              error while loading
                                              default.xml in
                                              syslog-ng-3.25.1</font>
                                            <div> </div>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <div dir="ltr">Hi,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                I am using syslog-ng
                                                version 3.25.1.Getting
                                                following Warnings and
                                                error while initialising
                                                syslog-ng engine:<br>
                                                <br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.627899] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.627968] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.628059] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.631090] Error parsing pattern database file;
                                                filename='/opt/tap-parsing/patterns/default.xml',
error='/opt/tap-parsing/patterns/default.xml:17274:22: Joining rulesets
                                                with mismatching program
                                                name sets,
                                                program=proxysg'<br>
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                1)For the following
                                                warnings, to which
                                                version I have to bump
                                                up the configuration
                                                file ?<br>
                                                <br>
2020-02-13T10:47:29.627899] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.627968] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
[2020-02-13T10:47:29.628059] WARNING: due to a bug in versions before
                                                syslog-ng 3.8numeric
                                                comparison operators
                                                like '!=' in filter
                                                expressions were
                                                evaluated as string
                                                operators. This is fixed
                                                in syslog-ng 3.8. As we
                                                are operating in
                                                compatibility mode,
                                                syslog-ng will exhibit
                                                the buggy behaviour as
                                                previous versions until
                                                you bump the @version
                                                value in your
                                                configuration file;<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Currrently the
                                                configuration version is
                                                the following:<br>
                                                <br>
                                                configuration =
                                                cfg_new(0x0302)<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Do I have to change it
                                                to '0x0319' as defined
                                                in 'lib/versioning.h' ?<br>
                                                <br>
                                                2)The same default.xml
                                                file was getting loaded
                                                correctly in
                                                syslog-ng-3.6.2 and
                                                syslog-ng-3.7.1 but
                                                getting following error
                                                while loading same
                                                default.xml in
                                                syslog-ng3.25.1 <br>
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
2020-02-13T10:47:29.631090] Error parsing pattern database file;
                                                filename='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml',
error='/home/nsaboo/abc/default.xml:17274:22: Joining rulesets with
                                                mismatching program name
                                                sets, program=proxysg'.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                What can be the reason
                                                for this error ?
                                                <div><br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Thanks,</div>
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