Bug#502305: ulogd2 still not in Debian
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:53:47PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Over 18 months passed since the last update to this ITP, but ulogd2 is
> still not in Debian. Recently we figured out that ulogd is completely
> broken on sparc, and, more generally, whenever storage size of
> long/size_t are different in kernel and in userspace (see [0] and bugs
> merged with it). I've filed an upstream bug against ulogd, but it does
> not look like it's going to be fixed. I would like to see a working
> ulog solution on sparc and other arches in the next release, so it
> looks like the only option we have is to get ulogd2 into the archive
> ASAP. If you are no longer interested in working on it, I might find
> interested developers and/or work on it myself, otherwise I would be
> glad to review and test existing package, and sponsor an upload if
> necessary.
>
> [0] http://bugs.debian.org/265985
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15765
>
Hi Jurij,
I am still working on ulogd2 though I must admit I did not have much
time.
The current state is that the packages are basically working and ulogd2
seems functional (rather stable here).
However, there are still some problems:
- there is no upgrade path (and there will probably never be upstream)
from ulogd1.
- I'd like to propose dbconfig as an option, to be able to create the
database etc. automatically
- Current packaging was copied from another package, and is using cdbs
(which I do not like personally), but this is a minor point unless it
prevents from maintaining it correctly
- Things upstream are not finished, there are still some pending patches
That said, I could have uploaded something to experimental.
Temporary (old) packages can be found here:
http://www.wzdftpd.net/downloads/ulogd2-deb/
(Version numbering is not correct)
I am just about leaving Paris for vacation, so I won't be able to work
on it this week. I'll try to update the packages after.
Cheers,
Pierre
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