** Description changed:
- Since upgrade to 18.04 I get logwatch kernel error warnings about a RAS
- correctable Errors collector.
+ [Impact]
+ Logwatch's purpose is to flag important issues for admins to address, so
+ false positive errors like this one risk obfuscating real errors.
+
+ [Test Case]
+ In an lxd container:
+
+ $ now=$(date +"%b %d %T")
+ $ uptime=$(cat /proc/uptime | cut -d' ' -f1)
+ $ fake_message="${now} ${HOSTNAME} kernel: [${uptime}] RAS: Correctable
Errors collector initialized"
+ $ echo "${fake_message}" >> /var/log/kern.log
+
+ ### Broken behavior:
+ $ logwatch --service kernel --range Today
+ (...)
+ --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------
WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
- RAS: Correctable Errors collector initi ...: 2 Time(s)
+ RAS: Correctable Errors collector initi ...: 1 Time(s)
+
+ ---------------------- Kernel End -------------------------
+ (...)
+
+ ### Fixed behavior
+ tbd (should be a blank report I believe)
+
+ $ sudo apt
+
+ [Regression Potential]
+ Since logwatch filters logs for errors pertinent to administrators,
+ standard things to watch out for are undesired changes in this filtering
+ behavior, such as flagging or failing to flag issues differently than
+ before, other than the specific messages being filtered with this
+ change.
+
+
+ [Fix]
+ A simple one-line fix to logwatch's kernel script will filter out the
+ specific error message causing the false positive. This is a backport
+ of a patch included in upstream's 7.5.0. Disco and eoan already have
+ this, so it only needs backported to bionic.
+
+ [Discussion]
+
+ [Original Report]
+ Since upgrade to 18.04 I get logwatch kernel error warnings about a RAS
correctable Errors collector.
+
+ WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
+ RAS: Correctable Errors collector initi ...: 2 Time(s)
I guess logwatch is triggered from the word "Error" which in this case
is not an error but the name of the service.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: logwatch 7.4.3+git20161207-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 15 07:57:21 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-06 (2229 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release
amd64 (20120817.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: logwatch
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-10-11 (3 days ago)
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