I understand versionning is complicated by the fact that no updated release is delivered by package developpers. But should not ebuild version accord to package version? emerge --search sysklogd Searching... [ Results for search key : sysklogd ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * app-admin/sysklogd Latest version available: 1.4.1-r11 Latest version installed: 1.4.2 Size of downloaded files: 79 kB Homepage: http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/ Description: Standard log daemons License: BSD syslogd -v syslogd 1.4.1 klogd -v klogd 1.4.1 owl or LSF packagees mostly have the same problem (I look only at patches and don't try to run). They use syklogd-1.4.1.tar.gz and many sysklogd-1.4.2-*.diff but none of them change version.h to 1.4.2 In cvs.infodrom.org version.h is still #define VERSION "1.4" #define PATCHLEVEL "1" If one claim to have 1.4.2, version.h should be updated Following patch should help cvs diff: Diffing . Index: version.h =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvs/infodrom/sysklogd/version.h,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 version.h --- version.h 11 Mar 2001 19:40:10 -0000 1.4 +++ version.h 9 Jun 2006 13:14:31 -0000 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ #define VERSION "1.4" -#define PATCHLEVEL "1" +#define PATCHLEVEL "2" As a note, I attempt to run syslogd with -u syslog following settings made in owl sysklogd.specs but it fail for me to restart with kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
I solve my problem to use syslogd as syslogd user with -u syslogd option Add log files in syslogd group is not enough. To reopen /dev/tty device after -HUP, it is necessary to add syslogd user to tty group Every thing look to work, I test log to a remote server or locally, changing the remote log address.
fixed in cvs
