Re: [bug-inetutils] Draft of IPv6 changes for syslogd.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

Dear all!

tisdag den 19 juli 2011 klockan 14:06 skrev Mats Andersson detta:
> Dear all,
> 
> having recently pushed on my responsibility two error
> corrections concerning 'syslogd', I am now able to offer
> for discussion a change set that implements full IPv6
> capability in 'syslogd'. As the changes are now more
> intrusive, I would like comments before pushing any
> changes at all. Suffice it to say that the present
> test script verifies dual stacked functionality.
> (Just remember to have a remote system listening
> to your forwarded messages!)

In the light of a complete lack of response and comment,
I just went forward to push the particular change set
for which I finally found good arguments.

The resulting SYSLOG server has been tested on OpenBSD
for a couple of days, to ensure expected functionality
as loghost and as forwarder, using static listener,
and using dynamic forwarding sockets. The system accepted
messages via IPv6 from GNU/Linux and forwarded via IPv6
to OpenSolaris!

Extended testing under load would be welcome, but is
nothing I am in a position to arrange.

The new binding option has been wanted in Debian's
bug tracking system for years, so that should be
welcome by some users.


Best regards,
  Mats