[Logcheck-devel] Bug#287200: logcheck-database: ignore rules for fetchnews (from package «leafnode»)

[LT-P]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.32
Severity: wishlist

The Debian package «leafnode» has a tool called «fetchnews» which fetch
the news from usenet. It leaves those messages into /var/log/syslog:

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Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for lautre.aide to global expire 5
Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for fr.rec.jeux.jdr to global expire 5
Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for alt.games.whitewolf to global expire 5
Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for linux.debian.ports.powerpc to global expire 5
Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for linux.debian.user.french to global expire 5
Dec 25 13:12:09 localhost fetchnews[30171]: clamping maxage for fr.comp.text.tex to global expire 5
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As it is a safe opertion, they could be filtered out.
 
System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25-ltp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages logcheck depends on:
ii  adduser          3.59                    Add and remove users and groups
ii  cron             3.0pl1-86               management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf 1.4.30.11               Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils      2.8.4                   Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  exim [mail-trans 3.36-11                 An MTA (Mail Transport Agent)
ii  lockfile-progs   0.1.10                  Programs for locking and unlocking
ii  logcheck-databas 1.2.32                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.32                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-3 A simple mail user agent
ii  perl             5.8.4-2.3               Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-16                System Logging Daemon

-- debconf information:
  logcheck/changes:
* logcheck/install-note: