Hi! Eric Berggren <eric_berggren@apple.com> writes:

syslog-ng OSE 3.4.1 is unable to parse the "Example 5.8: Passing arguments to blocks" excerpt in the v3.4 admin guide, which exemplifies a common construct used in our current 3.2 config :

@version: 3.4

block source s_logfile (filename("messages")) { file("/var/log/`filename`" ); }; source s_example { s_logfile(filename("logfile.log")); };

host# ./syslog-ng -s -f ./s2.conf :

Error parsing affile, syntax error, unexpected LL_IDENTIFIER in source block s_logfile at line 2, column 19: included from /home/eberggren/proj/syslog-ng/config/s2.conf line 7, column 36

file("/var/log/"logfile.log ^^^^^^^^^^^

3.3.8 appears to be okay with it, however (and our existing 3.2 config).

Until the problem is properly fixed, dropping the quotes around the filename appears to be a reasonable workaround: block source s_logfile (filename(messages)) { file("/var/log/`filename`" ); }; source s_example { s_logfile(filename(logfile.log)); }; Not that great, but this works in both 3.3 and 3.4 (I have not tested 3.2, but I suspect that'd work too). -- |8]