Bug 58216 – syslog-ng init script should do configuration check

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Eldad Zack (RETIRED) 2004-07-24 12:13:18 UTC]

syslog-ng -s (configfile) provide with a configuration check.

[Comment 1 Eldad Zack (RETIRED) 2004-07-24 12:14:54 UTC]

Created attachment 36085 [details, diff]
syslog-ng.rc.1.13.patch

Added the syslog-ng -s check, both with reload and start.

I've also added SYSLOGNG_CONF instead of /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
everywhere.

[Comment 2 Eldad Zack (RETIRED) 2004-07-25 05:26:47 UTC]

Created attachment 36109 [details, diff]
syslog-ng.init.1.13.patch

Learned the hard way that using variables messes with depcache.
This is a much smaller patch.

[Comment 3 Eldad Zack (RETIRED) 2004-07-25 05:27:59 UTC]

Created attachment 36110 [details, diff]
syslog-ng.init.1.13.patch

former patch was reversed.

[Comment 4 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2004-07-25 17:36:13 UTC]

So.... Explain to me what this patch actually buys us over the current behavior please?

[Comment 5 Eldad Zack (RETIRED) 2004-07-25 23:07:22 UTC]

suppose you misconfigure syslog-ng and try to restart it - it will stop but won't start. 

Also, if it fails to start, it tells you why.

[Comment 6 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2004-08-04 18:05:51 UTC]

Added to CVS.  No rev bump or anything since this is pretty minor.  Thanks for the bug report and patch.