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Review: rsyslog 8.2608.0-5

Package Information

Descriptionreliable system and kernel logging daemon

Rsyslog is a multi-threaded implementation of syslogd (a system utility providing support for message logging), with features that include: * reliable syslog over TCP, SSL/TLS and RELP * on-demand disk buffering * email alerting * writing to MySQL or PostgreSQL databases (via separate output plugins) * permitted sender lists * filtering on any part of the syslog message * on-the-wire message compression * fine-grained output format control * failover to backup destinations * enterprise-class encrypted syslog relaying

It is the default syslogd on Debian systems.

MaintainerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Changed ByMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Sponsorbiebl@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/rsyslog.git (browse)
Closes#1130542
Popcon Installs100127
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rsyslog
Uploaded12 days ago

New Package Report

.changes
DateTue, 08 Sep 2026 21:47:44 +0200
Sourcersyslog
Version8.2608.0-5
Changed-ByMichael Biebl
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionunstable
Changelog
rsyslog (8.2608.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Enable support for OpenTelemetry (OTLP) output (Closes: #1130542)
.dsc
Sectionadmin
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listrsyslog deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-clickhouse deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-czmq deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-doc deb doc optional arch=all profile=!nodoc profile:v1=!nodoc
rsyslog-docker deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-elasticsearch deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-gnutls deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-gssapi deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-hiredis deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-http deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-kafka deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-kubernetes deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-mongodb deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-mysql deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-openssl deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-opentelemetry deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-pgsql deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-relp deb admin optional arch=any
rsyslog-snmp deb admin optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: rsyslog
Source: https://www.rsyslog.com

Files: *
Copyright: 2003-2025  Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH
License: GPL-3.0+ and Apache-2.0

Files: runtime/*
Copyright: 2003-2025  Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH
License: LGPL-3.0+ and Apache-2.0

Files: runtime/hashtable*
Copyright: 2002, 2004  Christopher Clark
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2007-2025  Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
License: GPL-3.0+

License: Apache-2.0
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
 .
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 .
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".

License: LGPL-3.0+
 This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General
 Public License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-3"

License: GPL-3.0+
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".

License: BSD-3-clause
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 are met:
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
    without specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 SUCH DAMAGE.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to mechtilde 11 days ago, started 11 days ago, completed 11 days ago.

Final Comment

hello,

please add all authors with their files to d/copyright.
Please be more specific which files are under which licenses.
The files in test/ are not dual-licensed as you mentioned in d/copyright
You find more information under

https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/rsyslog

thanks

Public Notes

11 days ago ● public

Missed Author Check

Command: dnq author-check
Exit code: 0

Using active review (from current.json): rsyslog
Author check: rsyslog 8.2608.0-5

Scanned 4064 files.
Authors declared in debian/copyright: 3

NOT IN debian/copyright (44):

  -29 by Tim Eifler
    tests/abort-uncleancfg-badcfg-check.sh:2
    tests/abort-uncleancfg-badcfg-check_1.sh:2
    tests/abort-uncleancfg-goodcfg-check.sh:2
    tests/abort-uncleancfg-goodcfg.sh:2

  aDvens
    contrib/imhiredis/imhiredis.c:2
    contrib/mmdarwin/mmdarwin.c:1
    contrib/mmdarwin/protocol.h:1

  AT&T
    plugins/imsolaris/sun_cddl.c:29

  Bootstrap Authors
    ltmain.sh:1527
    ltmain.sh:75

  Brian Knox
    contrib/imczmq/imczmq.c:10
    contrib/omczmq/omczmq.c:11

  Christian Tramnitz
    contrib/omhttp/omhttp.c:17

  Cisco Systems, Inc., and/or its affiliates
    runtime/net_ossl_store.c:10
    runtime/net_ossl_store.h:11
    tests/openssl_mtls_server.c:5

  Collabora Ltd
    aclocal.m4:809

  CS Group
    runtime/nsd_mbedtls.c:6
    runtime/nsd_mbedtls.h:4

  Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
    aclocal.m4:1253

  Daniel J. Bernstein <djb@cr.yp.to>
    plugins/imfile/siphash.c:5

  David King <amigadave@amigadave.com>
    aclocal.m4:370

  David Lang (spoofing code)
    plugins/omudpspoof/omudpspoof.c:26

  DigitalOcean, Inc
    contrib/omhiredis/omhiredis.c:3

  Francisco Castro <fcr@adinet.com.uy>
    contrib/omtcl/omtcl.c:8

  Free
    INSTALL:4
    Makefile.in:4
    aclocal.m4:3
    aclocal.m4:4683
    aclocal.m4:4721
    ... and 143 more files

  Guido U. Draheim <guidod@gmx.de>
    aclocal.m4:194
    aclocal.m4:248
    aclocal.m4:92

  Hamid Maadani
    contrib/omrabbitmq/omrabbitmq.c:7

  Harshvardhan Shrivastava
    contrib/fmhash/fmhash.c:2

  Hugo Soszynski and aDvens
    tools/logctl.c:7

  Jean-Philippe Aumasson
    plugins/imfile/siphash.c:3

  Jeremie Jourdin and Hugo Soszynski and aDvens Remove deprecated libmongo-client and use libmongoc (mongo-c-driver)
    plugins/ommongodb/ommongodb.c:6

  Julien Thomas < jthomas @ zenetys.com >
    contrib/fmunflatten/fmunflatten.c:4

  Kenneth A. Giusti
    contrib/omamqp1/omamqp1.c:25

  Maarten Bosmans <mkbosmans@gmail.com>
    aclocal.m4:149
    aclocal.m4:195
    aclocal.m4:249
    aclocal.m4:53
    aclocal.m4:93

  Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
    aclocal.m4:1236

  Nathan Scott
    contrib/omhttp/omhttp.c:15
    plugins/omelasticsearch/omelasticsearch.c:6

  OpenTelemetry Authors
    plugins/omotel/proto/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.proto:1
    plugins/omotel/proto/opentelemetry/proto/logs/v1/logs.proto:1
    plugins/omotel/proto/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.proto:1

  Oracle and/or its affiliates
    compat/getifaddrs.c:25
    compat/ifaddrs.h:24

  P Duveau
    compat/asprintf.c:3

  pavel@levshin.spb.ru
    contrib/mmsequence/mmsequence.c:4

  Philip Withnall <philip@tecnocode.co.uk>
    aclocal.m4:369
    aclocal.m4:453
    aclocal.m4:616
    aclocal.m4:676
    aclocal.m4:808

  Philippe Duveau @ Pari Mutuel Urbain
    contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c:6

  Rao Chenlin
    plugins/mmdblookup/mmdblookup.c:5

  Red Hat Inc
    contrib/mmcount/mmcount.c:4
    contrib/mmkubernetes/mmkubernetes.c:11
    contrib/mmsequence/mmsequence.c:7
    tests/journal_print.c:13
    tests/variable_leading_underscore.sh:2

  Reini Urban <rurban@cpan.org>
    aclocal.m4:454
    aclocal.m4:677

  rsyslog
    plugins/fmpcre/fmpcre.c:4

  Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
    aclocal.m4:1252

  Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@pasteur.fr>
    aclocal.m4:1096
    aclocal.m4:1159
    aclocal.m4:924
    aclocal.m4:987

  Sun Microsystems, Inc
    plugins/imsolaris/sun_cddl.c:24

  Talksum, Inc
    contrib/omhiredis/omhiredis.c:2

  Theo Bertin for Advens
    contrib/ffaup/ffaup.c:6

  Vaclav Tomec
    contrib/omrabbitmq/omrabbitmq.c:5

  X Consortium
    install-sh:10

PROBABLE FALSE POSITIVES (7) — a name fragment already appears in debian/copyright:

  -20 by Rainer Gerhards  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    tests/empty-ruleset.sh:2

  -24 by Rainer Gerhards  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    tests/rscript_set_memleak-vg.sh:5
    tests/rscript_set_modify.sh:3
    tests/rscript_set_unset_invalid_var.sh:3
    tests/rscript_unaffected_reset.sh:4

  -28 by Rainer Gerhards  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    tests/diskqueue-multithread-es.sh:12

  Andre Lorbach and Adiscon GmbH  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    runtime/net_ossl.c:6
    runtime/net_ossl.h:3

  Attila Lakatos and Adiscon GmbH  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    runtime/timezones.c:4
    runtime/timezones.h:3

  Pascal Withopf and Adiscon GmbH  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    plugins/omclickhouse/omclickhouse.c:4
    tests/clickhouse-start.sh:5
    tests/clickhouse-stop.sh:5
    tests/inputfilegen.c:3

  Ulrike Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH  (might be "Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH")
    tools/logctl.c:5

Result: ATTENTION REQUIRED — 44 authors not in debian/copyright

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