[syslog-ng] Solaris 10 x86 configuration not working

[Kimmo Jaskari]

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 11:04 +0300, ANDREY Serge wrote:
> > > Here's the error:
> > >
> > > # /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -v -s -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
> > > Error parsing command line arguments: Conversion from character set
> > > '646' to 'UTF-8' is not supported
> > 
> > What is needed is a charset.alias file; in my case I put it
> > in /usr/local/lib/charset.alias. I put in a generic one I simply
> I had the same problem with Solaris 10 Sparc ...
> 
> I just add the following link :
> 
>   ln -s /usr/lib/charset.alias /usr/local/lib/charset.alias

In my case there is no charset.alias in /usr/lib so that wouldn't work
for me, but then again the OS install(s) I have area customized and
minimized, which may be why. But clearly one solution is to have a
charset.alias file in /usr/local/lib regardless of how you get it
there. :)