Control: tags-1 moreinfo Hi,
On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:57:56 +0000 Andrew Bower <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: socklog-run > Version: 2.1.0+repack-6 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > Dear Maintainer, > > When run under systemd and runit-run, the socklog-unix service listens > to /dev/log, which means that syslog traffic is stolen from journald > and any logs made to journald directly (possibly quite important to > see if they have been registered directly by systemd) do not appear in > socklog logs. > > This can be fixed quite easily by listening to journald's syslog proxy > socket when it is running. See patch below for a tested solution. I'm fine with this, but just to be sure: by listening to journald's socket aren't we conflicting with journald? (I don't run systemd so I really don't know if that's the case..) > > To test: > > # printf "MESSAGE=hello123\n" | logger --journald > > On sucessful test: > > # tail /var/log/runit/socklog/user/current > 2026-02-21_15:38:12.61211 user.info: Feb 21 15:38:12 logger[7649]: > hello123 > > Thanks! > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 13.3 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), > (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 > (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-cloud-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not > set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages socklog-run depends on: > ii runit 2.2.0-3 > ii runit-helper 2.16.4 > ii socklog 2.1.0+repack-6 > ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 257.9-1~deb13u1 > > Versions of packages socklog-run recommends: > ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1.1 > ii ipsvd 1.0.0-12 > > socklog-run suggests no packages. > > > diff --git a/debian/service/socklog-unix/run > b/debian/service/socklog-unix/run index d98e29d..b3e8a66 100755 > --- a/debian/service/socklog-unix/run > +++ b/debian/service/socklog-unix/run > @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ > #!/bin/sh > exec 2>&1 > -exec chpst -U _socklog-unix socklog unix /dev/log
