Control: reassign -1 syslog-ng-core 3.5.1-1 On Mi, 20 nov 13, 00:19:49, Martin Bagge / brother wrote: > package: syslog.ng-core > severity: grave > version: 3.5.1-1 <http://packages.debian.org/source/testing/syslog-ng> > > On testing installing syslog-ng-core with no previous syslog-ng config > files you end up in a dpkg failure mess. > It complains about file() directives in the source clauses of the config > files of syslog-ng but there are no such things in the default config files. > > --- aptitude buffer --- > > root@drake~# aptitude install -R syslog-ng-core > The following NEW packages will be installed: > syslog-ng-core > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/356 kB of archives. After unpacking 1,398 kB will be used. > Selecting previously unselected package syslog-ng-core. > (Reading database ... 56636 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking syslog-ng-core (from .../syslog-ng-core_3.5.1-1_i386.deb) ... > Processing triggers for man-db ... > Setting up syslog-ng-core (3.5.1-1) ... > Processing triggers for syslog-ng-core ... > [ ok ] Stopping system logging: syslog-ng. > [....] Starting system logging: syslog-ngUnable to determine how to > monitor this file, follow_freq() unset and it is not possible to poll > it with the current ivykis polling method. Set follow-freq() for > regular files or change IV_EXCLUDE_POLL_METHOD environment variable to > override the automatically selected polling method; > filename='/dev/kmsg', fd='9' > Error initializing message pipeline; > failed! > invoke-rc.d: initscript syslog-ng, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing syslog-ng-core (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > syslog-ng-core > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > Setting up syslog-ng-core (3.5.1-1) ... > Processing triggers for syslog-ng-core ... > [ ok ] Stopping system logging: syslog-ng. > [....] Starting system logging: syslog-ngUnable to determine how to > monitor this file, follow_freq() unset and it is not possible to poll > it with the current ivykis polling method. Set follow-freq() for > regular files or change IV_EXCLUDE_POLL_METHOD environment variable to > override the automatically selected polling method; > filename='/dev/kmsg', fd='9' > Error initializing message pipeline; > failed! > invoke-rc.d: initscript syslog-ng, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing syslog-ng-core (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > syslog-ng-core > > --- aptitude buffer --- > also at http://paste.debian.net/66688/ > > > The interesting part is ofc(?) the failure from the daemon start. > > Unable to determine how to monitor this file, follow_freq() unset and > it is not possible to poll it with the current ivykis polling method. > Set follow-freq() for regular files or change IV_EXCLUDE_POLL_METHOD > environment variable to override the automatically selected polling > method; filename='/dev/kmsg', fd='9' > Error initializing message pipeline; > > My syslog-ng internals knowledge fails me here. > > grasping for straws. or rather greping for them: > > root@drake~# grep -ir kmsg /etc/syslog-ng/* > root@drake~# grep -ir kmsg /etc/syslog-ng/ > root@drake~# grep -ir dev /etc/syslog-ng/ > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the > nsole' utility. To use it, > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:# $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:destination d_xconsole { > pipe("/dev/xconsole"); }; > root@drake~# grep -ir freq /etc/syslog-ng/ > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf: owner("root"); group("adm"); perm(0640); > stats_freq(0); > > I can provide more data as needed. The system is working properly (as far > as I can tell) without the syslog-ng process. > > -- > brother
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