Bug 881111 - Don't use ApplyhttpDate for http-error
Summary: Don't use ApplyhttpDate for http-error
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: logwatch
Version: 17
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Synacek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-28 16:51 UTC by Orion Poplawski
Modified: 2013-01-12 00:37 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-12-13 05:50:52 UTC
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Description Orion Poplawski 2012-11-28 16:51:14 UTC
Description of problem:

The httpd *error_log files don't use the same date format as the *access_log files, so it doesn't find anything.  Removing "*ApplyhttpDate" from conf/logfiles/http-error.conf fixes it.

Comment 1 Orion Poplawski 2012-11-28 16:57:48 UTC
Actually, we probably want a custom date filter for this format:

[Sun Nov 25 03:44:01 2012]

Although it at least find items from the right date.

Comment 2 Jan Synacek 2012-12-03 13:57:01 UTC
Indeed, removing "*ApplyhttpDate" from conf/logfiles/http-error.conf fixes this misbehavior.

I just ran into some serious problems while testing this. The 'fix' works only with httpd 2.2. In 2.4, http-error doesn't work at all due to a different log format. The second problem is that the output log format can be heavily configured (mod_log_config), which kind of negates the whole purpose of the http-error script.

It would probably make sense to fix this / support the default log and disregard anything else. If you want this to be really configurable, an RFE for a configurable regexp will be a way to go.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-12-04 07:46:57 UTC
logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-12-04 07:48:16 UTC
logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-12-05 06:56:57 UTC
Package logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-19730/logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-12-13 05:50:53 UTC
logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-01-12 00:37:32 UTC
logwatch-7.4.0-19.20120619svn110.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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