Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:18:29 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 246845] LOG_PID is now default but cannot be disabled Message-ID: <bug-246845-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D246845 Bug ID: 246845 Summary: LOG_PID is now default but cannot be disabled Product: Base System Version: 12.1-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: des.gaufres@gmail.com Created attachment 215026 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D215026&action= =3Dedit enable LOG_PID by default but allow LOG_PID to be disabled. The change in r332100 means that LOG_PID is permanent. The reason for the change is fair -- to have LOG_PID enabled by default. But the change was written so that LOG_PID can never be disabled. This is a problem for logger(1). We use logger(1) extensively in many of our shell scripts. The syslog messages that logger(1) produces are further parsed by other scripts. Adding a PID to logger(1) entries means we will have to review all our scripts to make sure the new PID does not break the parsing. And arguably, a default PID for logger(1) is of limited value since the PID is just for the logger(1) process itself. We were in the process of slowly upgrading our systems to FreeBSD-12 when it was noted that new logger(1) messages included a PID by default. We will now have to suspend the upgrade of some of our main systems since they depend on shell scripts which make use of logger(1). We would much prefer to have the expected logger(1) behaviour restored=20 rather than to have to review/adjust all our scripts + parsers. Included is a patch for 2 files which would: + enable LOG_PID by default in syslog(3), but allow LOG_PID to be disable= d. + adjust logger(1) so that it disables LOG_PID by default. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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