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Subject: Re: qmgr logging breaks
From: furio ercolessi (furiospin.it)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2000 - 15:04:12 CST

On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 08:00:56PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Richard Adams:
> > This may be due to a syslog openlog() call being made on the first message
> > and syslog() call on first and subsequent messages. I'm not sure of the
> > impact on the log connection when syslog is restarted. msg_syslog.c may
> > have to issue another openlog before successful logging can continue.
>
> Rather than making Postfix jump Linux-specific hoops, I prefer that
> someone fixes the Linux syslog code instead. There is no good
> reason why Linux can't do what UNIX syslog can do on all supported
> UNIX systems.

RedHat fixed syslog() ; more detail in
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7214

furio ercolessi

>
> Wietse
>
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard Adams
> >
> > syslog() may return an erro
> > > >
> > > > > Ah, that put me on the right track. If syslogd/klogd is
> > > restarted while
> > > > > Postfix is running, the qmgr logging breaks. Intriguing.
> > > >
> > > > Uh, is that a Linux/RedHat system?
> > > > This may be the solution of the mistery at
> > > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7214
> > > >
> > > > Was only Postfix logging screwed, or also logginf from other s/w?
> > >
> > > That seems it might be related. However, the only thing I've noticed
> > > breaking is the qmgr logging.
> > >
> > > /Leif Nixon
> > >
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