On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 17:15 -0600, Charles G Waldman wrote:
Sirs:
Several months ago I submitted the following patch to syslog-ng, which makes the "file" source work even if the file is not present when syslog-ng starts up. (Consider the scenario where syslog-ng starts up before some other service which logs to a file, and that file has not yet been created yet.) This patch causes syslog-ng to treat the transition from "nonexistent" to "existent" the same as if the file were moved/renamed.
We are using the patched version of syslog-ng in our project and find this modification helpful. It is a very non-intrusive change, and I cannot see any negative side-effects. I would like to know if there is any chance for this patch to be incorporated into the official distribution. Thanks for your consideration.
The patch is fine, could you please fax us a signed copy of the contributory license agreement on our webpage? Here's our contribution page that describes how to submit patches. http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/... Thanks. -- Bazsi