Am Sonntag 08 März 2009 schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
> Am Sonntag 08 März 2009 schrieb Eric Bélanger:
> > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Am Sonntag 08 März 2009 schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
> > >> Am Samstag 07 März 2009 schrieb Eric Bélanger:
> > >> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de>
>
> wrote:
> > >> > > Am Samstag 07 März 2009 schrieb Eric Bélanger:
> > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >> > >> > Hi guys
> > >> > >> > while looking at those 2 bugs, i just bumped to new syslog-ng
> > >> > >> > 3.x series. http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6980
> > >> > >> > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10776
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >> > Changes:
> > >> > >> > - adopted new syntax to config file
> > >> > >> > - disable stats logging by default,
> > >> > >> > it just floods everything with useless stats.
> > >> > >> > - added install message, which mentions syntax change
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >> > signoff both arches
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >> > greetings
> > >> > >> > tpowa
> > >> > >> > --
> > >> > >> > Tobias Powalowski
> > >> > >> > Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
> > >> > >> > http://www.archlinux.org
> > >> > >> > tpowa@archlinux.org
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> It can't create the pid file:
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> $ sudo /etc/rc.d/syslog-ng start
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> :: Starting Syslog-NG
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> [BUSY] syslog-ng: Error creating pid file;
> > >> > >> file='/usr/var/run/syslog-ng.pid', error='No such file or
> > >> > >> directory'
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> There's probably an incorrect configure option
> > >> > >
> > >> > > hrm i don't use sudo, without sudo it works fine here.
> > >> >
> > >> > I get same thing when running as root. Do you have a var symlink in
> > >> > /usr? If so, that's why it works for you.
> > >> > I don't know what could be the problem as we already use
> > >> > --localstatedir=/var/lib/syslog-ng. Maybe there's a configure
> > >> > option for the location of the pid file.
> > >>
> > >> it seems i have such an old system that it still has this old symlink
> > >>
ok i'll fix it tomorrow
> > >
> > > fixed in -3 package please signoff.
> >
> > The error is still there. The localstatedir option is now define
> > twice: there is the old one " --localstatedir=/var/lib/syslog-ng" that
> > you didn't removed and the one you just added: "--localstatedir=/var".
> > The old localstatedir wasn't refering to /usr/var so it has no
> > effect on the location of the pid file. You'll need to revert your
> > change and try something else.
>
> doh, you are right ...
fixed finally in -4 package, please signoff
--
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa@archlinux.org
syslog-ng-3.0.1-3
