On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Karthik De wrote: > > I am building rsyslog version 5.8.6, and have hit this issue described >> in this thread : >> (lots of queue files left in working directory) >> *http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/**msg06228.html*<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg06228.html*> >> >> it looks like this was fixed in 5.8.9 as per the update in >> (*http://www.rsyslog.com/tag/**5-8-9/*<http://www.rsyslog.com/tag/5-8-9/*> >> ) >> >> >> A. Would it be possible to provide a patch for this fix on 5.8.6 ? >> (upgrading to a higher version is not an option for me as of now) >> > > The normal thing when dealing with community supported software is that > you need to upgrade to the latest version to get the fixes. > > to get fixes backported to older versions you need to pay for support > (either by paying your distro vendor and contacting them, or in the case of > rsyslog, paying Adiscon for support of older versions) > > All that being said, someone may be willing to do the work to backport > this patch for you, you'll have to see if anyone responds. > > David Lang >
Thanks for your response, I am currently on 5.8.6, what would be the most stable version (5.8.X) to upgrade to ? I see that the latest version is 5.8.12 . Karthik > > B. Also, is there anyway for me to be sure that i am hitting this >> issue ? (setting MainMsgQueueCheckpointInterval and >> ActionQueueCheckpointInterval did not help) >> I see the following : >> 1. After queue files and queue index files are generated in the >> working directory, I stop the local rsyslogd. >> 2. Now when i start rsyslogd, i see that most messages from the >> queue are sent to the remote node after restart.(not all) >> 3. Again when i stop rsyslogd, The queue files remain the working >> directory and only the *.qi(queue index) files are deleted. >> Thanks, >> Karthik >> ______________________________**_________________ >> rsyslog mailing list >> http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> >> http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> >> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> > http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards
