Version 7.6.4 [v7.6-stable] 2014-09-12 add –enable-generate-man-pages configure switch (default: enabled) This forces generation of man pages, even if cached ones exists. This “fixes” a typical release tarball nit. While it is hackish, the benefit is clear given the history of failed tarball releases since we changed the cached man page handling. It was just too […]
rsyslog 8.2.1 (v8-stable) released
We have just released 8.2.1 of the v8-stable branch. This release permits to build against json-c 0.12. Due to the ABI breckage, this is necessary. Json-c versions prior to 0.12 had security issues, so this is desirable. At least some distros have fixed the security issue in older versions of json-c, so this seems to […]
Changelog for 8.2.1 (v8-stable)
Version 8.2.1 [v8-stable] 2014-04-17 permits to build against json-c 0.12 Unfortunately, json-c had an ABI breakage, so this is necessary. Note that versions prior to 0.12 had security issues (CVE-2013-6370, CVE-2013-6371) and so it is desirable to link against the new version. Thanks to Thomas D. for the patch. Note that at least some distros […]
How to use rsyslog v7 on debian 5?
As development continues, there sometimes arises the need for additional packages to be installed in order to run the newest version. It is the same case for rsyslog. Since version 6.6.0 there is a requirement for json-c to be installed. For debian 6, there are packages available via package managers for easy installation. So there […]