Package: syslog-ng Version: 1.9.8.1+20060128-1 Severity: normal It seems that stats(0) throws syslog-ng 1.9.8 into an infinite loop, logging thousands of:
Feb 11 09:42:10 cairn syslog-ng[10105]: Log statistics; every second. stats(0) with syslog-ng 1.6.9 disabled stats reporting, but it seems that 1.9.8 dropped this check and sets up a timer unconditionally: src/main.c: 138 int 139 main_loop_run(GlobalConfig *cfg) 140 { 141 GMainLoop *main_loop; 142 gint iters; 143 144 msg_notice("syslog-ng starting up", 145 evt_tag_str("version", VERSION), 146 NULL); 147 main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, TRUE); ->148 g_timeout_add(cfg->stats_freq * 1000, stats_timer, NULL); 149 while (g_main_loop_is_running(main_loop)) 150 { Could this be set up conditionally, if cfg->stats_freq > 0? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages syslog-ng depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii util-linux 2.12r-6 Miscellaneous system utilities Versions of packages syslog-ng recommends: ii logrotate 3.7.1-2 Log rotation utility -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]