------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.5.3 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Dec 24, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.5.3) has been released. For latest fixes in the 3.5.x feature branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 3.5.3 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:53:05 +0100 This is the second bug-fix release for the 3.5.x series, with a number of important changes over the previous release. Upgrading to this version is highly recommended. Bugfixes ======== * Node flag propagation has been fixed, so flags(final) works the same as it did in 3.3, when embedded log statements are used too. * Improvements were made to the build system, to make it more reliable when building in parallel. * Using the value-pairs() framework, either via the $(format-json) template function or any of the destinations that make use of it, will now correctly skip and ignore empty values, even in SDATA. * The configure script will correctly detect newer versions of json-c too, without compatibility symlinks being present. * A file descriptor and memory leak has been fixed in the syslog() destination. * The pdbtool program will warn in test mode when a test message has no program attribute. [BugZilla #263] * If the PID property is overwritten, syslog-ng will now stop using the cached MSGHDR value, and therefore, use the newly set PID instead, as it was supposed to. * The localport() option of various network destinations has been restored, and will work correctly now. [BugZilla #266] * The upstart service file in contrib has been updated to use a different process mode (background), as we do not need a supervisor when running under upstart. This also means that upstart will be far less confused. * Manual pages are now always included in the tarball. Credits ======= syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Andras Mitzki <micek@balabit.hu> Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@balabit.hu> Chris Johnson <chris.johnson3@hp.com> Fabien Wernli <cpan@faxm0dem.org> Gergely Nagy <algernon@balabit.hu> Lucas McLane <lucas@clicksecurity.com> Peter Czanik <czanik@balabit.hu> Sebastiaan Hoogeveen <zebaz@xs4all.nl> Tobias Schwab <tobias.schwab@dynport.de> DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/... The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/