openSUSE Recommended Update: syslogd, rsyslog, syslog-ng: prepare removal of syslog init script with openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2013:0179-1 Rating: low References: #750478 #790298 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: This update fixes the following issue for syslogd, rsyslog and syslog-ng: - syslogd: - bnc#790298, bnc#750478: Reset the SYSLOG_DAEMON variable on removal only - rsyslog, syslog-ng: - bnc#790298, bnc#750478: Check the existence of /etc/init.d/syslog script before calling the restart_on_update and stop_on_removal macros to avoid errors on update, reset the SYSLOG_DAEMON variable on removal only. Since openSUSE 12.3, the syslog init script is not shipped any more. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-40 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): klogd-1.4.1-759.4.1 klogd-debuginfo-1.4.1-759.4.1 rsyslog-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-debugsource-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-diag-tools-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-diag-tools-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-doc-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-dbi-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-dbi-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-gssapi-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-gssapi-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-gtls-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-gtls-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-mysql-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-mysql-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-pgsql-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-pgsql-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-relp-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-relp-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-snmp-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-snmp-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-udpspoof-5.10.1-2.16.1 rsyslog-module-udpspoof-debuginfo-5.10.1-2.16.1 syslog-ng-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-debuginfo-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-debugsource-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-json-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-json-debuginfo-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-sql-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslog-ng-sql-debuginfo-3.3.5-3.4.1 syslogd-1.4.1-759.4.1 syslogd-debuginfo-1.4.1-759.4.1 syslogd-debugsource-1.4.1-759.4.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch): syslog-service-1.4.1-759.4.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/750478 https://bugzilla.novell.com/790298