sysklogd-2.8.0 (sysv only)

[Bruce Dubbs]

New minor version.

[zeckma]

Taking this because it's also applicable for OpenRC.

[zeckma]

Changelog

Changes

• Add pri action option, e.g. *.* /var/log/messages ;pri, to always print the message priority in the header, in the format in use (RFC3164 or RFC5424). By Gavin D. Howard. The NetBSD-style + destination prefix is an equivalent alternative, e.g. *.* +/var/log/messages, and combines with the - no-sync prefix as +-
• Add hostname=NAME action option to replace the hostname in messages logged by that action, e.g. to forward under a fixed name from a system whose hostname changes
• Add sd=[SD-ELEMENT] action option to append a structured data element to every message logged by that action. RFC5424 format only
• logger now parses a leading <LEVEL> (PRI) in input messages, e.g. for systemd-style daemon --foreground 2>&1 | logger redirection
• Add security policy for reporting vulnerabilities

Fixes

• Fix #105: UTF-8 handling with the -8 flag. Multi-byte sequences, e.g., em-dash, were corrupted by byte-by-byte sanitization; complete valid UTF-8 sequences are now preserved, including the RFC 5424 BOM
• Unescape Linux /dev/kmsg C-style \xHH encoding before sanitization, so UTF-8 in kernel messages is preserved with the -8 flag
• Fix #104: RFC 3164 tag parsing of parenthesized tags. Surrounding parens are stripped from complete tags, (polkit-agent): becomes polkit-agent, while partial tags like app(version): are preserved
• logger: fix evaluation order violation, found by Coverity Scan

[zeckma]

Fixed at 2145eac63cdcd8adf0d80cb78a6ea26b8f1a9f11.