[rsyslog] more 5.1.3 errors (fwd) / invalid fromhost

[Rainer Gerhards]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of david at lang.hm
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:29 PM
> To: rsyslog-users
> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] more 5.1.3 errors (fwd) / invalid fromhost
> 
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> 
> >>> Do you think this can be easily reproduced? If so, that would be
> >> great. I
> >>> could simply comment out some of the code I suspect to cause the
> bug
> >> and so
> >>> we could check both versions and see if it makes a difference...
> >>
> >> yes, I can compile and install a new version and run it for a few
> min.
> >> this problem seems to show up fairly rapidly.
> >
> > OK, that's great :)
> >
> > So I would suggest this course of actions:
> >
> > 1. get a debug log exposing the problem
> >  (chances are good, 50:50, it will pinpoint the issue)
> >
> > if we can not see what causes it:
> >
> > 2. create special version without the code I suspect
> >
> > Then look at the results and see what to do...
> >
> > Is that OK with you?
> 
> sounds good. do you have a patch (or a commit to revert) for step 2?

not yet, will see if I can create one today, but it may be useful to have the
debug log (step 1) first. I understand that you would like to do both tests
at once, but it depends a bit on how easy it is to "comment out" the code (I
think it is easy). Will post an update later today.

Rainer