[syslog-ng] Creating a "log" block (OSE 3.2.1)

[Fekete Robert]

Update from Bazsi:
changing the type of the block to root should workaround the problem.

Robert

Fekete Robert wrote:

> 
> Eric Berggren wrote:
> 
>> Howdy
>>
>> Looking to use the new fancy "block" construct in syslog-ng 3.2.1 (OSE) -- (the example in the documentation [5.3.2] doesn't parse, but figured out needs to include ()'s as well in the block definition).
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for noticing this error. I've corrected it in the source repo of the 
> adminguide, and will update the docs on the website when someone tells me if 
> using {} within blocks is permitted (but now buggy) or forbidden.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
>> Meanwhile, trying to define a "log" block, that contains other log {} stanza's, but fails to parse:
>>
>>     filter f_zort { level(err); };
>>     destination d_weblog_unknown { file("/tmp/foo"); };
>>
>>     block log bl_weblog() {
>>         filter(f_zort);
>>         log { destination(d_weblog_unknown); };
>>     };
>>   
>>     Error parsing main, syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting $end in /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.d/10-weblog at line 7, column 1: included from /etc/syslog-ng.conf line 15, column 37
>>
>>     >> }; <<
>>
>> The idea being I would include this within another "log { }" stanza in the main file.
>>
>> If I remove "log { destination(...); };" from the "bl_weblog()" block, it parses okay.  I have another ("destination") block within the config that also parses okay (even parameterized). Strangely, commenting out the entry with a "#" at the start of that line still results in a syntax error. The error is independent of whether bl_weblog() is even referenced anywhere.
>>
>> The main config may include only 'include "10-weblog"' and nothing else to demonstrate.
>>
>> Seems otherwise a valid scenario, no ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> -eric
>>
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