[syslog-ng] Problem with Syslog-NG 3.2.5 on Aix 7.1 ... It coredumps..

[Balazs Scheidler]

Hi,

Jonathan, Sandor, thanks for the report and the proposed fix. I've
commited it to eventlog git tree.

On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 13:03 -0600, Jonathan Kaufman wrote:
> Awesome!
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Just in case anyone else is working on Aix 7.1 builds of Syslog-NG here is
> what worked (or didn't) for me.
> 
> 	1.  Update to the LATEST version of IBM VisualAge C/C++, I couldn't
> get it to compile until I updated to the 2012 patch set (I was at the early
> 2011 patch set) for V11
> 	2.  There were also a few Aix APARs that would have affected
> compiling code dealing with the assembler or whatnot. I sidestepped them
> and upgraded to the latest TL and SP (TL1 SP3)
> 	3.  I couldn't get  the bundled libtool that is included with the
> Syslog-NG source to recognize that you can create shared libraries, so I
> couldn't create shared libraries for the modules (that was an issue)
> 		I "upgraded" the bundled libtool to 2.4.2 which fixed it so I
> could created shared libraries for the modules. The make install didn't
> copy them, so I had to do it manually but at least it works.
> 		I would expect this isn't the preferred method for fixing this,
> but so far it doesn't seem to have a downside.
> 	4.  I had the libiconv library from perzl.org loaded for a different
> application, and if Syslog-NG used that either during compile or runtime it
> would coredump. Moral of the story seems to be to use the IBM libiconv
> library.
> 	5.  And lastly  Sandor's suggestion.  Add the alloca.h include to
> evtstr.c
> 		if you are using the IBM VisualAge compiler you may be able to
> use the -ma compiler option. I don't know if it does the same thing, but if
> I used the option (and didn't add it to the source) syslog-ng didn't core.
> 		I will likely just add it to the source, but thought to mention
> the -ma option *seems* to work just the same.
> 
> Hopefully this will be the last of my instability woes on Aix 7.1 with
> Syslog-NG.
> 
> 

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Bazsi