Server switch '-n' ignored on logger version 2.20.1 but not later

[Mattias Fornander]

Logger version 2.20.1 is installed on all Ubuntu from 12.04 LTS to Trusty. That version silently ignores the -n switch that allows you to send entries to remote syslog servers.

Building the 2.20.1 source code from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ shows the same issue but all later versions work fine such as 2.21 and 2.24.1.

Repo:
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1. Machine#1: /etc/rsyslog.d/10-logger.conf with:
$ModLoad imudp
$UDPServerAddress 192.168.158.15
$UDPServerRun 10514
$ActionFileEnableSync on
local5.* /var/log/test.log
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2. Stop rsyslog and run only the above config file with:
sudo service rsyslog stop
sudo rsyslogd -d -n -4 -f /etc/rsyslog.d/10-logger.conf
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3. tail -f /var/log/test.log
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4. Machine#2:
logger -p local5.info -P 10514 -n <Machine1-ip> hellolog
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Neither the rsyslog debug output nor the tail shows activity with logger 2.20.1.
Later versions of logger work just fine and shows:
2014-02-04T14:16:39+00:00 <machine#2> <user>: howdy

TL;DR: Please bump the bsdutil/util-linux version on the next version of Ubuntu to fix remote syslog using logger utility.

[Mattias Fornander (78luphr0rnk2nuqimstywepozxn9kl19tqh0tx66b5dki1xxsh5mkz9gl21a5rlwfnr8jn6ln0m3jxne2k9x1ohg85-launchpad-a811i2i3ytqlsztthjth0svbccw8inm65tmkqp9sarr553jq53in4xm1m8wn3o4rlwaer06ogwvqwv9mrqoku2x334)]

Workaround and confirmation here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684264

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.