Description of problem: The logresolve ELF binary included in RHEL4 update 4 (and 3 these are the only two versions I've tested) appear to incorrectly handle long lines in log files. I think this is a very old bug which may have not been fixed because the Perl script, logresolve.pl is commonly used instead of the C version of the programme. However logresolve.pl doesn't appear to be part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Archived bug report - http://archive.apache.org/gnats/3459 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): httpd-2.0.52-28 How reproducible: Submit a log file containing lines longer than (i think) 1024 characters and these lines will be split into at least two lines. Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/bin/logresolve < logfile.log > resolvedfile.log 2. /usr/bin/wc -l logfile.log 3. /usr/bin/wc -l resolvedlogfile.log Actual results: Will reveal that resolvedlogfile.log has more lines than logfile.log. A diff of the files (with the hostnames/IP addresses excised) this will reveal the additional/split lines. Expected results: There should be the same number of lines in the source and destination files. Additional info:
We can bump the length of the line buffer used to 10K or something easily enough; thanks for the report.
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An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0209.html