On Wed, 2018-09-19 at 18:01 +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:40:57 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> > wrote: > > Package: bash > > Version: 5.0~alpha1-1 > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: patch > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > bash 5.0 introduced a new build-time config-top.h option to allow > > users > > to optionally enable sending the bash history to syslog via a new > > shopt > > variable. > > Given it's generally undesirable on user's machines, even if > > compiled > > in the feature is off by default at runtime. It can be checked > > trivially with "shopt -p | grep syslog". > > > > But this feature is often necessary and required on mission > > critical > > equipment due to auditing rules®ulations. For example in my > > case, > > to > > use vanilla Debian on servers inside a large ISP we need this > > option. > > Given Debian aims to be a Universal Operating System, it would be > > really great if such option were available without having to > > rebuild > > bash manually. :-) > > > > Please consider the inlined diff for the deb-bash-config.diff > > patch, > > that will build the support but of course will leave it disabled by > > default. I have tested it and it works as expected. > > > > Thank you! > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Luca Boccassi > > > > --- debian/patches/deb-bash-config.diff > > +++ debian/patches/deb-bash-config.diff > > @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ > > # DP: > > # DP: - don't define a default DEFAULT_MAIL_DIRECTORY, because it > > # DP: can cause a timeout on NFS mounts. > > +# DP: > > +# DP: - build with runtime option to enable sending history to > > syslog > > +# DP: and disable it by default. Can be enabled by a user with > > +# DP: shopt -s syslog_history > > > > Index: b/config-bot.h > > ================================================================= > > == > > @@ -54,3 +58,21 @@ > > > > /* Define if you want the case-capitalizing operators (~[~]) and > > the > > `capcase' variable attribute (declare -c). */ > > +@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ > > + > > + /* Define if you want each line saved to the history list in > > bashhist.c: > > + bash_add_history() to be sent to syslog(). */ > > +-/* #define SYSLOG_HISTORY */ > > ++#define SYSLOG_HISTORY > > + #if defined (SYSLOG_HISTORY) > > + # define SYSLOG_FACILITY LOG_USER > > + # define SYSLOG_LEVEL LOG_INFO > > +@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ > > + shell option; if defined, the value is the default for the > > syslog_history > > + shopt option */ > > Dear Maintainer, > > Bash 5.0-beta is out - I've just tested it to make sure this patch > still applies and works, and it does. > > Would be fantastic if it could be considered for the eventual upload > of > 5.0-beta. > > Thank you!
Dear Maintainer, bash 5.0-beta2 is out, I've tested the above small patch with it and I can confirm again that it works as expected. It would be great if it could be included in the next upload to experimental. Thank you! -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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