Bug 17801 - add-syslog errors out if rsyslog is not installed
Summary: add-syslog errors out if rsyslog is not installed
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
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Reported: 2016-02-21 10:55 CET by Dan Fandrich
Modified: 2024-02-09 06:47 CET (History)
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Source RPM: rpm-helper-0.24.17-4.mga6.src.rpm
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Description Dan Fandrich 2016-02-21 10:55:47 CET 
The following error message appears upon installation of openldap-servers-2.4.40-3.1.mga5:

  Can't open /etc/rsyslog.d/openldap.conf for writing: No such file or directory at /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-syslog line 57.

rsyslog is not installed on this system so /etc/rsyslog.d/ does not exist. Line 57 of add-syslog is:

   open(my $out, '>', "/etc/rsyslog.d/$package.conf")
        or die "Can't open /etc/rsyslog.d/$package.conf for writing: $!";

So, under such circumstances, the /etc/rsyslog.d/openldap-servers.conf file is not created. If rsyslog is subsequently installed, its configuration will not exist and logging will not be correct.

This error exists currently both in mga5 (rpm-helper-0.24.17-1.mga5.src.rpm) and Cauldron.

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Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2016-02-22 11:34:12 CET 
Assigning to packagers collectively since there is no registered maintainer for this package. Adding Colin and Thomas in CC because they were the last active packagers on this package.

CC: (none) => mageia, tmb
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 2 Dan Fandrich 2024-02-09 06:47:29 CET 
This exact problem still occurs on openldap-servers-2.5.14-1.mga9.x86_64 and rpm-helper-0.24.22-1.mga9

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