busybox syslogd not writing to files any more

HGT · 2026-01-10 15:42:29

Since updating 216 packages from SliTaz cooking in 2025-10, busybox syslogd does not write any messages to

[c]/var/log/auth.log[/c]

[c]/var/log/cron.log[/c]

[c]/var/log/daemon.log[/c]

and

[c]/var/log/messages[/c] receives only messages from type and weight [c]syslog.info[/c]

[c]/etc/syslog.conf[/c] is unchanged.

Does anyone have the same problem?

What might be wrong with my system?

shann · 2026-01-10 17:28:12

Hi HGT,

On cooking, i know that busybox updated to 1.37.0, i check history commit was doing on Oct 3th.

Let's me check if i can reproduce, but think related to busybox upgrade.

HGT · 2026-02-25 07:00:36

Looking through the syslogd sources in busybox I cannot find any changes.

My suspicion is, that some other component causes this fault.

The error occurs as well in a live system, booted from the actual core64 ISO image as in my rolling-core64 installation.

I think this is a severe fault that should be mended as soon as possible.

By the way, should not /etc/syslog.conf be listed in CONFIG_FILES in the recipe?

shann · 2026-02-26 21:03:09

Hi HGT,

When search, found issue open on busybox github about same problem.

https://github.com/mirror/busybox/issues/115 it's create on Jan 20 and not comment.

Not sure if patch or fix in new release available, only information that 1.36.1 work, and 1.31.1 (previous version is know to work).

Found that bug reported and fix purpose upstream

https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/16546

https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/commit/f0c388f29c213e6a576421991dc16e1488fc2bb0

https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2024-October/090969.html

Let's me check to build and test it.

shann · 2026-02-26 21:43:08

Patch apply https://hg.slitaz.org/wok/rev/1cba565dc2a9

Available tomorrow on mirror, sorry that take too long to fix it.

HGT · 2026-02-27 09:57:58

@shann

Excellent work!

Busybox syslogd works as expected again.

Thank you very much.

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