Version 5.5.6 [DEVEL] (rgerhards), 2010-07-21
- added parser modules
- pmlastmsg, which supports the notoriously malformed “last message repeated n times” messages from some syslogd’s (namely sysklogd)
- pmrfc3164sd (contributed), supports RFC5424 structured data in RFC3164 messages [untested]
- added new module type “string generator”, used to speed up output processing. Expected speedup for (typical) rsyslog processing is roughly 5 to 6 percent compared to using string-based templates.
They may also be used to do more complex formatting with custom C code, what provided greater flexibility and probably far higher speed, for example if using multiple regular expressions within a template.
- added 4 string generators for
- RSYSLOG_FileFormat
- RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
- RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat
- RSYSLOG_TraditionalForwardFormat
- bugfix: mutexes used to simulate atomic instructions were not destructed
- bugfix: regression caused more locking action in msg.c than necessary
- bugfix: “$ActionExecOnlyWhenPreviousIsSuspended on” was broken
- bugfix: segfault on HUP when “HUPIsRestart” was set to “on” thanks varmojfekoj for the patch
- bugfix: default for $OMFileFlushOnTXEnd was wrong (“off”).
This, in default mode, caused buffered writing to be used, what means that it looked like no output were written or partial lines. Thanks to Michael Biebl for pointing out this bug.