------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 2.1.2 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Nov 16, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (2.1.2) has been released. For latest fixes in the 2.1.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 2.1.2 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:25:37 +0100 Bugfixes: * Fixed handling windows sizes above 65535 by changing the internal reference counter type to a 32 bit integer. * Fixed the reported port number in log statistics messages. * Fixed the internal representation of "facility" values, earlier an 8 bit value was used for both the priority and facility values, and although systems do not define facilities in this range, the LOG_FACMASK macro defines two additional bits. The type of this field was changed to 16 bits. * Fixed filter evaluation, the evaluation in AND and OR operators had a problem, it evaluated the right-hand-size of expressions first, and then the left-hand-side. This is wrong, and it easily ruins the concept of extracting information from messages via regexps. * Fixed a segmentation fault in the configuration parser on OpenBSD/amd64. All configuration options that expected a number in the parser may cause a crash, as the strdup() function went undeclared on OpenBSD, causing it to be auto-declared as a function returning "int". As a 32 bit int cannot hold a 64 bit pointer, this may cause a crash if the high-order bits of the pointer are lost. * Fixed a possible "stall" of the syslog-ng main loop, when SQL destinations are used and flow control is enabled on the log path feeding the SQL destination. * Fixed a possible 100% CPU usage case on HP-UX. HP-UX may return POLLERR on its own without the other flags set, this was not properly handled by syslog-ng, causing it to spin on the CPU. Other changes: * Instead of relying on BalaBit's version of libdbi, adapt the configure script to libdbi upstream. This currently means that instead of dbi-0.8.pc, syslog-ng is looking for dbi.pc, just as the upstream installs the pkg-config file. * Added --enable-mixed-linking option to the configure script. This functionally equivalent of the default linking option in syslog-ng 2.0. This change only makes this possibility more explicit. * Fixed some compilation warnings. * Removed the build dependency on flex 2.5.34. BINARY DOWNLOAD: If you have a binary subscription, you can download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/... OR, if you have a platform that is supported by apt-get, use the following apt sources to fetch the latest releases: Debian GNU/Linux ---------------- sarge: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ debian-sarge/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng etch: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ debian-etch/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng RedHat Enterprise Linux ----------------------- RHEL-4 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ rhel-4/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng SUSE 10 ------- SUSE 10.0 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ suse-10.0/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng SUSE 10.1 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ suse-10.1/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng HTTP can also be used in the place of HTTPS If your version of apt-get does not support the HTTPS protocol. When using plain HTTP, the username and password will not be encrypted. SOURCE DOWNLOAD: The latest versions of syslog-ng in source format can be found at: http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/sources/2.1/src/