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General Bug Report: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG

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Your name               : Jim Mercer
Your email address      : jim@reptiles.org

Category                : install: compile
Severity                : serious

Summary: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG

System Configuration
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  Operating System   : FreeBSD 2,3

  PostgreSQL version : 6.5,6.5.1

  Compiler used      : gcc

Hardware:
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Pentium

Versions of other tools:
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standard

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Problem Description:
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the flag USE_SYSLOG is defined in config.h, which is
created by configure.
the configure script does not know about USE_SYSLOG, however, i believe it knows about syslog in general
(ie it knows if there is a syslog(), and hence can enable based on that)
the documentation talks about syslog, but does not list a procedure for enabling it.


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Test Case:
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Solution:
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change configure to enable USE_SYSLOG if syslog facilities are available.


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Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
You have to edit config.h after running configure.  I realize this is a
pain.  You could edit config.h.in, and configure would pick that up.
Perhaps we need to split out the configure-based stuff from config.h.

Comments?


>
> ============================================================================
>                         POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
> ============================================================================
>
>
> Your name               : Jim Mercer
> Your email address      : jim@reptiles.org
>
> Category                : install: compile
> Severity                : serious
>
> Summary: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG
>
> System Configuration
> --------------------
>   Operating System   : FreeBSD 2,3
>
>   PostgreSQL version : 6.5,6.5.1
>
>   Compiler used      : gcc
>
> Hardware:
> ---------
> Pentium
>
> Versions of other tools:
> ------------------------
> standard
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> the flag USE_SYSLOG is defined in config.h, which is
> created by configure.
> the configure script does not know about USE_SYSLOG, however, i believe it knows about syslog in general
> (ie it knows if there is a syslog(), and hence can enable based on that)
> the documentation talks about syslog, but does not list a procedure for enabling it.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Test Case:
> ----------
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Solution:
> ---------
> change configure to enable USE_SYSLOG if syslog facilities are available.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>


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Re: [BUGS] General Bug Report: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> You have to edit config.h after running configure.  I realize this is a
> pain.  You could edit config.h.in, and configure would pick that up.
> Perhaps we need to split out the configure-based stuff from config.h.

That might be a good idea, now that so much stuff is configure-driven.
Actually I'd be inclined to leave configure producing config.h, and have
config.h #include a separate file that contains the non-machine-handled
config symbols.   "siteconfig.h", maybe.

Re the original complaint,

>> change configure to enable USE_SYSLOG if syslog facilities are available.

I do *not* think that configure should automatically turn on USE_SYSLOG
just because it can find a syslog() subroutine.  Maybe the admin wants
the log sent to syslog and maybe he doesn't.  I'd be happier with adding
a configure command line switch, say "--enable-syslog".

            regards, tom lane