Bug 555980 - named module does not correctly handle IPv6 addresses
Summary: named module does not correctly handle IPv6 addresses
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: logwatch
Version: 12
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Karel Klíč
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-01-16 07:38 UTC by Frank Crawford
Modified: 2013-03-03 23:00 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: logwatch-7.3.6-50.fc12
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-02-24 06:03:51 UTC
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Modify named matches to include IPv6 addresses. (2.51 KB, patch)
2010-01-16 07:38 UTC, Frank Crawford
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Description Frank Crawford 2010-01-16 07:38:21 UTC
Created attachment 384768 [details]
Modify named matches to include IPv6 addresses.

Description of problem:
Logwatch named module does not match IPv6 addresses in most pattern matches.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
logwatch-7.3.6-48.fc12.noarch

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Generate named messages with IPv6 addresses in /var/log/messages.
2. Run logwatch.
3.
  
Actual results:
Most IPv6 address related messages end up as Unmatched Entries

Expected results:
They should be reported in normal counts

Additional info:
A patch to expand address matches for IPv6 addresses is attached.

Comment 1 Karel Klíč 2010-01-20 17:15:41 UTC
Frank, thanks, the patch looks reasonable, I'll apply it in the next batch.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2010-02-05 08:46:25 UTC
logwatch-7.3.6-50.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/logwatch-7.3.6-50.fc12

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2010-02-06 00:04:06 UTC
logwatch-7.3.6-50.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update logwatch'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2010-1530

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2010-02-24 06:03:25 UTC
logwatch-7.3.6-50.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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