From 6bf74351c719689a2c08d1dfd99bad8356a0c205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Nilsson Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:58:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Final touches to ChangeLog for v2.0 release Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson --- ChangeLog.md | 22 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md index 7abebb8..e645dbc 100644 --- a/ChangeLog.md +++ b/ChangeLog.md @@ -12,29 +12,37 @@ venerable syslogd gets an infusion of new blood from NetBSD and FreeBSD to fully support RFC3164 and RFC5424. Also included is a user library and a replacement for `syslog.h` to enable new features in RFC5424. +> Note: as of this release `klogd` is disabled by default, `syslogd` can +> read Linux kernel messages on its own now. + ### Changes - Support for true RFC3164 formatted log messages to remote log servers, including timestamp and hostname. Use `;RFC3161` rule option -- Support for RFC5424 from UNIX domain socket, from remote servers and - also to remote servers. Requires new API `syslogp()` to unlock the - new features. Still compatible with GLIBC/musl/uClibc +- Support for RFC5424 from UNIX domain socket, from remote servers and also + to remote servers. Requires new API `syslogp()` to unlock these features + on the UNIX socket. Still compatible with GLIBC/musl/uClibc - Support for options to `syslog.conf` rules. E.g. `;RFC5424` to enable sending/writing log messages with RFC3339 style timestamps, and more - Support for `include /etc/syslog.d/*.conf` in `syslog.conf` +- New tool `logger` from the Finit project, BSD licensed. Supports all the + features of RFC5424, so *very* useful for trying out the "new" standard - Support for reading from a custom UNIX domain socket path, `-p SOCK`, for unit testing with `logger -u /path/to/sock` - Support for sending to a custom port on a remote server, `@host:port` -- New tool `logger` from the Finit project, BSD licensed - New `syslogp()` API from NetBSD, for applications wanting to use RFC5424 features like MsgID or structured data -- Incompatible changes to command line options in `syslogd` and `klogd` - for compatiblity with FreeBSD and NetBSD syslogd: +- Many *incompatible changes* to command line options in `syslogd` and + `klogd` for compatiblity with FreeBSD and NetBSD syslogd. Examples: - In syslogd: `-b` and `-c` have been replaced with `-r` for global log rotation, `-a` has been replaced with the new `-p` support. The `-r` flag and `-s HOST` has also been dropped in favor of the BSD `-s` flag to control two levels of _secure mode_. The `-n` flag is - now `-F` and `-n` means something else entirely ... + now `-F` and `-n` means something else entirely ... there's more - In klogd: `-i` and `-I` have been removed +- `klogd` is not built by default anymore, `syslogd` can read `/proc/kmsg` + on Linux on its own. Reduces complexity and gives you one daemon less +- When systemd support is detected by the configure script the unit file(s) + are now installed into the systemd system services folder - Update COPYING file to GPL 2 rev 2, with new FSF address and other minor stuff - Update license header in all files: - Sync 3-clause BSD license change with upstream NetBSD and FreeBSD sources