Review: rsyslog 8.2608.0-5
Package Information
| Description | reliable 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. |
|---|---|
| Maintainer | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> |
| Changed By | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> |
| Sponsor | biebl@debian.org |
| Distribution | unstable |
| Architecture | any all |
| VCS | git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/rsyslog.git (browse) |
| Closes | #1130542 |
| Popcon Installs | 100127 |
| Binary NEW | Yes (binary-only upload) |
| Tracker | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rsyslog |
| Uploaded | 12 days ago |
New Package Report
.changes
| Date | Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:47:44 +0200 |
|---|---|
| Source | rsyslog |
| Version | 8.2608.0-5 |
| Changed-By | Michael Biebl |
| Architecture | source amd64 all |
| Distribution | unstable |
Changelog
rsyslog (8.2608.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium . * Enable support for OpenTelemetry (OTLP) output (Closes: #1130542)
.dsc
| Component | main |
|---|---|
| Package-List | rsyslog 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 |
| Section | admin |
| Priority | optional |
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