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Date:      Sun,  1 Jul 2007 22:26:00 +0930
From:      Robert Archer <freebsd@deathbeforedecaf.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/114191: [patch] net/openntpd should use syslog facility LOG_NTP
Message-ID:  <20070701125601.NWNT23012.oaamta07sl.mx.bigpond.com@mail.0x7e.net>
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>Number:         114191
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       [patch] net/openntpd should use syslog facility LOG_NTP
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 01 15:20:03 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Archer <freebsd@deathbeforedecaf.net>
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tak.0x7e.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12
10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

>Description:
The FreeBSD ntpd(8) daemon logs to the LOG_NTP facility. Users who
replace this daemon with the openntpd port might expect the same
behaviour.

As OpenNTPD is developed by the OpenBSD project, where syslog(3) does
not include LOG_NTP, their daemon uses the LOG_DAEMON facility. These
logs are faily verbose:

  Jun 29 20:42:27 irk ntpd[719]: ntp engine ready
  Jun 29 20:42:44 irk ntpd[719]: peer 10.10.10.2 now valid
  Jun 29 20:43:39 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 1.180681s
  Jun 29 20:45:48 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 1.180783s
  Jun 29 20:46:22 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.786388s
  Jun 29 20:50:42 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.668906s
  Jun 29 20:55:06 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.606314s
  Jun 29 20:57:13 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.491739s
  Jun 29 21:00:26 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.373368s
  Jun 29 21:04:15 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.241557s
  Jun 29 21:12:01 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by 0.138065s
  Jun 29 21:37:28 irk ntpd[718]: adjusting local clock by -0.134400s

It would be preferable for these logs to end up in the same place as
other NTP messages.

>How-To-Repeat:
1. Configure syslogd(8) to send NTP messages to their own logfile
2. Install and start openntpd
3. Wonder why the logfile is empty

>Fix:
This patch changes the default syslog facility to LOG_NTP. Users who
prefer the current behaviour can build the port with

  SYSLOG_FACILITY=LOG_DAEMON

--- Makefile.2007-07-01	Mon May 15 04:44:34 2006
+++ Makefile	Sun Jul  1 20:57:27 2007
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	openntpd
 PORTVERSION=	3.9p1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenNTPD/ \
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@
 MAN5=		ntpd.conf.5
 MAN8=		ntpd.8
 
+SYSLOG_FACILITY?=	LOG_NTP
+
 pre-build:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,LOG_DAEMON,${SYSLOG_FACILITY},' \
+		${WRKSRC}/log.c
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,%%PREFIX%%,${PREFIX},g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/ntpd.conf.5 ${WRKSRC}/ntpd.8
 	@${SED} -e 's:%%PREFIX%%:${PREFIX}:g' \
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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