process `syslogd' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

Binary package hint: sysklogd

Package: sysklogd
Version: 1.4.1-20ubuntu4
Severity: normal

goatsy started up and the following was reported in dmesg:

...
[ 41.344000] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 41.492000] process `syslogd' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT
...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers gutsy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'gutsy-updates'), (500, 'gutsy-proposed'), (500, 'gutsy-backports'), (500, 'gutsy'), (500,
'feisty-updates'), (500, 'feisty-security'), (500, 'feisty-proposed'), (500, 'feisty-backports'), (500, 'feisty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-6-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sysklogd depends on:
ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups
ii klogd [linux-kerne 1.4.1-20ubuntu4 Kernel Logging Daemon
ii libc6 2.5-10ubuntu1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1ubuntu1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii sysv-rc 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu18 System-V-like runlevel change mech

sysklogd recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

The patch seems to be to remove the obsolete socket option.

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

sysklogd (1.5-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - debian/control:
      - Add dependencies on adduser, lsb-base, sysv-rc.
      - Add alternative build-dependency on linux-libc-dev.
      - Update Maintainer field to follow DebianMaintainerField spec.
    - syslog.conf.1: clarify language and examples, thanks to Chris Moore.
    - debian/default.klogd: do not override the default options.
    - debian/postinst.klogd, debian/postrm.klogd,
      debian/rc.klogd, debian/rules, klogd.8, klogd.c, Makefile: run klogd
      under the klog account.
    - debian/cron.daily, debian/cron.weekly, debian/postinst,
      debian/postrm, debian/rc, sysklogd.8, syslogd.c: run syslogd under the
      syslog account.
    - default/rc: allow ltsp to override the default config with
      /etc/ltsp/syslogd.
  * Merge in Debian version:
    - obsolete SO_BSDCOMPAT option LP: #119385.
    - ksym_mod.c: linux/linkage.h fix.
  * Dropped leftovers from previous merges: debian/changelog.orig,
    debian/control.orig, debian/rc.orig, xxx.

sysklogd (1.5-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version
    . Use proper facility for MARK messages (closes: Bug#107501)
    . Properly handle buffer full condition (closes: Bug#118856)
    . Spelling fixes (closes: Bug#136190)
    . Reconnect klogd to syslogd when disconnected (closes: Bug#144499,
      Bug#178000, Bug#284877, Bug#415136)
    . Fixed symbol lookup (closes: Bug#166433)
    . Don't die too soon (closes: Bug#166763)
    . No special rule for '%' in klogd anymore (closes: Bug#192841)
    . Don't hang during broken startup anymore (closes: Bug#196521)
    . Don't resolve hostnames needlessly (closes: Bug#197602)
    . Stop using obsolete SO_BSDCOMPAT option (closes: Bug#201231, Bug#291442)
    . Update klogd symbol parser (closes: Bug#203710)
    . Don't add extra space when forwarding messages (closes: Bug#238507)
    . Don't eat too much suspicious characters (closes: Bug#315605)
    . Improved documentation (closes: Bug#426271)
    . Removed <asm/linkage.h> (closes: Bug#427596)
  * One of the many changes fixed another bug (closes: Bug#428964)
  * Adjusted klogd stop method

 -- Mathias Gug <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:26:19 -0500