[Logcheck-devel] Bug#270677: logcheck: unique sort isn't unique

[Ross Boylan]

Package: logcheck
Version: 1.2.25
Severity: minor

After I enable unique sorting (SORTUNIQ=1 in logcheck.conf) I still
get lots of duplicates.

I suppose the problem is that unique sorting occurs within each
individual log file, but not overall.  It would be more useful to have
it done overall.  Or perhaps there's some other problem.

Here's part of a report from logcheck:

Sep  8 07:30:01 wheat kernel: apm: BIOS not found.
Sep  8 07:30:01 wheat kernel: apm: BIOS not found.

or
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: klogd 1.4.1#15, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.26advncdfs
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: klogd 1.4.1#15, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.26advncdfs
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: klogd 1.4.1#15, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep  8 08:59:26 wheat kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.26advncdfs

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26advncdfs
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

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 1.4.30.2                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 1.2.25                  A database of system log rules for
ii  logtail          1.2.25                  Print log file lines that have not
ii  mailx            1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii  perl             5.8.4-2                 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  sysklogd [system 1.4.1-15                System Logging Daemon

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