Обсуждение: General Bug Report: difficulty enabling USE_SYSLOG
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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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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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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. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
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