[syslog-ng] 3.1.2 OSE $SEQNUM Documentation Error?

[Fekete Robert]

Balazs Scheidler wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 13:26 +0100, Mike Civil wrote:
>> On 16/08/10 10:22, Fekete Robert wrote:
>>> I've confirmed it with the developers, it's a syslog-ng bug.
>>>
>>> Robert
>> Thanks for the bug confirmation Robert - best not to depend on the 
>> current behaviour then :)
> 
> I wouldn't call it a bug, the RFC states:
> 
> "The "sequenceId" parameter tracks the sequence in which the
> originator submits messages to the syslog transport for sending.  It
> is an integer that MUST be set to 1 when the syslog function is
>                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> started and MUST be increased with every message up to a maximum
> ^^^^^^^
> value of 2147483647.  If that value is reached, the next message MUST
> be sent with a sequenceId of 1."
> 
> This is not a semi-unique identifier, in fact I have some problems 
> with how this identifier works.
> 

I understand that, but IMHO if it is not persistent, it is of no real use.

Robert