[syslog-ng] [EXTERNAL] [BULK] Re: Breaking changes between versions

[Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS64)[AEGIS]]

Thanks, I will see if I can get a newer release from COPR.

-Mark




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Hi,

These are releases from many years ago, so I had to check the release notes. Normally there are no breaking changes, and we are careful about backwards compatibility. I could not find anything obvious in the release notes, so I would not expect any issues upgrading. However, as always, testing with production logs is still recommended.

If you are upgrading from one point release to another one, I assume that you use my Copr packages. The versioned repositories are provided for convenience. Larger organizations have problems with the rolling release model, and it makes staying on a fixed syslog-ng release possible. Also, I do not have any influence on how packages are signed, that is something internal to Copr. Normally only the latest syslog-ng Copr repo is actively receiving fixes (syslog-ng48 as of right now). However, we might experiment a bit here, I put this on my ToDo list.

Peter

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I need to go from 3.31.2 to 3.37.1.  Should I expect any breaking changes?

Also, Redhat Insights is reporting that syslog-ng and syslog-ng-logrotate are signed with SHA1, are the newer packages signed with SHA2?
Red Hat recommends that you adopt any of the options below:
* Contact vendors of the packages to ask for new builds signed with supported signatures and re-install the new packages,
* Resign packages with your own SHA-2 key or completely remove packages until a new build with SHA-2 signature is available from the 3rd-party vendor

Thanks,
Mark