[Bug libc/172] New: [PATCH] syslog date format should not be locale dependent

["pere at hungry dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com>]

I came across this bug report in bug-glibc while searching for another
problem.  The bug is still present, and as I was involved in writing
RFC 3164, I wanted to make sure the report was not lost.

  From: SEKINE Tatsuo <tsekine <at> sdri.co.jp>
  Subject: wrong date format in syslog
  Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:37:05 +0900

  Hi all.

  Accroding to RFC 3164(ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3164.txt),
  the timestamp should be in the format of "Mmm dd hh:mm:ss" (without
  the quote marks). Where "Mmm" is the English language abbreviation for
  the month of the year.

  But glibc-2.3.1 implements it as "%h %e %T" (in strftime() format).
  In non-English locale, syslog daemon incorrectly parse those message
  generated by glibc.

  [...]

The first draft patch was replaced twice with improved patches.  I'll
attach the latest one to this bug.

I verified that the problem still exists using strace and logger:

  % LANG=C strace logger "test message" 2>&1 | grep send
  send(1, "<13>May 18 22:28:19 logger: test"..., 40, 0) = 40
  % LANG=no_NO strace logger "test message" 2>&1 | grep send
  send(1, "<13>mai 18 22:35:28 logger: test"..., 40, 0) = 40
  %

Notice how the date format changes when using LANG=no_NO.  It should
not change, as this conflicts with RFC 3164.

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           Summary: [PATCH] syslog date format should not be locale
                    dependent
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: gotom at debian dot or dot jp
        ReportedBy: pere at hungry dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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