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- On behalf of the beta-testers and other members of the Linux INTERNET
- community who have helped shape and debug this package I am pleased to
- announce version 1.3-pl3 of the sysklogd package.
-
- This package implements two system log daemons. The syslogd daemon is
- an enhanced version of the standard Berkeley utility program. This
- daemon is responsible for providing logging of messages received from
- programs and facilities on the local host as well as from remote
- hosts. The klogd daemon listens to kernel message sources and is
- responsible for prioritizing and processing operating system
- messages. The klogd daemon can run as a client of syslogd or
- optionally as a standalone program.
-
- This package is the culmination of about two years of experience and
- bug reports on the 1.2 version from both the INTERNET and our
- corporate Linux networks. The utilities in this package should provide
- VERY reliable system logging. Klogd and syslogd have both been stress
- tested in kernel development environments where literally hundreds of
- megabytes of kernel messages have been blasted through them. If either
- utility should fail I would appreciate a report and debug information
- so that the bug can be reproduced and squashed.
-
- This package includes some major improvements. Some of them are listed
- here:
-
- * klogd supports on-the-fly kernel address to symbol
- translations. This requires that a valid kernel symbol map be
- found at execution.
-
- * klogd also supports debugging of protection faults which occur
- in kernel loadable modules.
-
- * syslogd has better handling of remote logging capabilities.
-
- * both klogd and syslogd can be controlled through commandline
- options and signals.
-
- * both daemons are now FSSTND conform.
-
- * a syslog.conf(5) manpage is now available.
-
- * Spaces are now accepted in the syslog configuration
- file. This should be a real crowd pleaser.
-
- * Syslogd now uses dynamic allocation of logging output
- descriptors. There is no longer a static limit on the number
- of log destinations that can be defined.
-
- * Numerous bug fixes and code cleanups.
-
- The new release can be obtained from either tsx-11.mit.edu or
- sunsite.unc.edu.
-
- Thanks again to everyone who has contributed ideas, patches and bug
- reports. Linux has a superior set of logging utilities thanks to
- contributions from the entire community.
-
-
- Dr. Greg Wettstein
- Oncology Research Division Computing Facility
- Roger Maris Cancer Center
- greg@wind.enjellic.com
-