[Logcheck-devel] Bug#214117: marked as done (logcheck: attempt to avoid UTF-8 locale broken)

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From: Elmar Hoffmann <elho at elho.net>
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Subject: logcheck: attempt to avoid UTF-8 locale broken
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Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.15
Severity: normal

logcheck tries to avoid using an UTF-8 locale:

--8<---
# Make sure that we do not use utf-8 locale
LC_CTYPE=""
--8<---

but this does not work, an empty LC_CTYPE means falling back to using
the value of LANG.
The user reporting #136508 apparently had his LC_CTYPE set to an UTF-8
locale but LANG to a non-UTF-8 one so it worked for him.

Having switched my system to UTF-8 with a default locale of
LANG=en_US.UTF-8, this bug makes logcheck call grep with that locale
which due to #214107 ("locales: en_US.UTF-8 treats [ as a space char")
breaks various /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.* rules.

Furthermore, to actually apply to the forked grep processes, LC_CTYPE
has to be exported, not just set.

I did not get any error like in #136508, so the actual problem in
grep or wherever it was for that user is likely fixed meanwhile and my
problem actually is #214107, so 2 options remain either a) remove that
line or b) make it export LC_CTYPE=C.
a) has the advantage over b) of allowing the rules to match localized
log messages. OTOH trouble with other locales that are broken or
trigger breakages in grep or elsewhere might show up, but IMHO seeing
those problems show up so the package at fault can be fixed is an
advantage too, so I think a) is the better solution.

If too many problems with it, or things like #206470 ("LC_CTYPE=C
speeds 'grep a' 800 times!") bug other users, you could always move
the line to /etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf.

elmar

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux psycho 2.4.21-grsecurity-1.9.10-evms-2.1.0 #1 Wed Jul 9 17:22:06 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  cron             3.0pl1-81               management of regular background p
ii  debconf          1.3.14                  Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.5.5                   Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  exim [mail-trans 3.36-8                  An MTA (Mail Transport Agent)
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.9                   Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.15                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.15                  Returns parts of logfiles that hav
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20030521cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-12                System Logging Daemon

-- debconf information:
* logcheck/security_level: server
* logcheck/manage_conffiles: true
* logcheck/auto_create_logfiles: false
  logcheck/upgrade-note: 
* logcheck/changes: 
* logcheck/install-note: 
* logcheck/rules-directories-note: 
* logcheck/email_address: root
* logcheck/rewrite-note: 


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Source: logcheck
Source-Version: 1.2.22

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
logcheck, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

logcheck-database_1.2.22_all.deb
  to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck-database_1.2.22_all.deb
logcheck_1.2.22.dsc
  to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.22.dsc
logcheck_1.2.22.tar.gz
  to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.22.tar.gz
logcheck_1.2.22_all.deb
  to pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.22_all.deb
logtail_1.2.22_all.deb
  to pool/main/l/logcheck/logtail_1.2.22_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 214117 at bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
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Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org> (supplier of updated logcheck package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Saturday, 05 Jun 2004 14:02:47 -0500
Source: logcheck
Binary: logcheck logtail logcheck-database
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.2.22
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian logcheck Team <logcheck-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Todd Troxell <ttroxell at debian.org>
Description: 
 logcheck   - Mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator
 logcheck-database - A database of system log rules for the use of log checkers
 logtail    - Print log file lines that have not been read
Closes: 187496 214117 244172 249181 249474 252078 252174 252216 252556 252597 252661 252712
Changes: 
 logcheck (1.2.22) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   maks:
   * Remove broken attempt to avoid UTF-8. (Closes: #214117)
   * Update automount, innd, kernel, openvpn, postfix rules.
     (Closes: #252216, #249474, #244172, #252174, #187496, #249181, #252712)
   * Better readability of greplogoutput() in logcheck.
   * Our Perl usage needs 5.8, add dependency. (Closes: #252078)
   * Rename conflicting logcheck-sendmail rule in logcheck-sendmail_tmp
     Sendmail ships aboves rule. (Closes: #252661, #252556)
   todd:
   * add MAILTO=root to logcheck.cron.d (Closes: #252597)
Files: 
 b4d649271722f1adaba3eae3b961bcb4 670 admin optional logcheck_1.2.22.dsc
 cce8e3065b2037b4fdc21af925488117 72703 admin optional logcheck_1.2.22.tar.gz
 15e4a28c47997a531f2c6c8fbc3e1fee 36578 admin optional logcheck_1.2.22_all.deb
 7ffa1c5b19d6a56da2907fbc7cf8731e 40522 admin optional logcheck-database_1.2.22_all.deb
 f4125c78ea56ea2b69da7128731da1cc 21352 admin optional logtail_1.2.22_all.deb

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