Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
On Wed, 01 May 2019 15:11:48 -0400, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: > > [1 ] > [2 ] > Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp > > "Neil Bothwick" , 01.05.2019, 19:33: > > > On Wed, 01 May 2019 07:23:50 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > >> > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng > >> > > runs: > >> > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a > >> > > known regexp operator > >> > > > >> > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if > >> > > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 > >> > > and perl version 5.28.2. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > >> > > >> > I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution > >> > was to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. > >> > >> How would this help my problem as I am getting nothing from > >> makewhatis? > > > What program is producing the log entries? Or is it syslog-ng itself that > > is doing so? > > Nope, the "faulty" program is /usr/sbin/makewhatis, line 363, where a " is > escaped for awk, which the new awk 5 does not need. > OK, getting man-db has fixed the problem -- thanks all. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
On Wed, 01 May 2019 13:33:32 -0400, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > [1 ] > On Wed, 01 May 2019 07:23:50 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng > > > > runs: > > > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a > > > > known regexp operator > > > > > > > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if > > > > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 > > > > and perl version 5.28.2. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution > > > was to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. > > > > How would this help my problem as I am getting nothing from > > makewhatis? > > What program is producing the log entries? Or is it syslog-ng itself that > is doing so? It seems to be syslog-ng itself, although it says awk command line 130.I do have man rather than man-db, so I will replace and see if things improve. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
"Neil Bothwick" , 01.05.2019, 19:33: > On Wed, 01 May 2019 07:23:50 -0400, John Covici wrote: >> > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng >> > > runs: >> > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a >> > > known regexp operator >> > > >> > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if >> > > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 >> > > and perl version 5.28.2. >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. >> > >> > I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution >> > was to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. >> >> How would this help my problem as I am getting nothing from >> makewhatis? > What program is producing the log entries? Or is it syslog-ng itself that > is doing so? Nope, the "faulty" program is /usr/sbin/makewhatis, line 363, where a " is escaped for awk, which the new awk 5 does not need. s.
Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
On Wed, 01 May 2019 07:23:50 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng > > > runs: > > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a > > > known regexp operator > > > > > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if > > > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 > > > and perl version 5.28.2. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution > > was to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. > > How would this help my problem as I am getting nothing from > makewhatis? What program is producing the log entries? Or is it syslog-ng itself that is doing so? -- Neil Bothwick And on the seventh day God said :wq and then make pgpfpMuit8DAH.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
On Wed, 01 May 2019 06:03:57 -0400, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > [1 ] > On Wed, 01 May 2019 05:42:17 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng > > runs: > > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a > > known regexp operator > > > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if > > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 and > > perl version 5.28.2. > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution was > to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. How would this help my problem as I am getting nothing from makewhatis? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com
Re: [gentoo-user] how to fix syslog-ng warning about escaped regexp
On Wed, 01 May 2019 05:42:17 -0400, John Covici wrote: > Hi. Since my last update I get the following warning when syslog-ng > runs: > awk: cmd. line:130: warning: regexp escape sequence `\"' is not a > known regexp operator > > I could find nothing at bgo or a google search, so I am wondering if > anyone knows how to fix this problem? I am running version 3.20.1 and > perl version 5.28.2. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I was getting this from the makewhatis cron job in man. The solution was to replace man, which is deprecated, with man-db. -- Neil Bothwick Get your copy at http://www.geekthing.com/~robf/gensig/ pgp1OXZftbggH.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
