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newsyslog: optional signal field, enable F flag
On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 11:21:07PM +0200, Alvar Penning wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I attached two small diffs for newsyslog, which resulted as a byproduct
> of another change I hope to send here soon.
>
> - The first diff clarifies in newsyslog(8) that the signal field is
> optional, as it is stated there for every other optional field.
hi. i committed the doc fix. i'll leave feedback on the code proposal to
someone else though...
jmc
> - The second diff allows using the F flag on its own. Before it was
> possible to use the F flag if it followed other flags. However, when
> either being the leading or only flag, it was rejected.
>
> Best,
> Alvar
> diff --git usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
> index 3153250c62c..0de44e17718 100644
> --- usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
> +++ usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
> @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ signal (usually
> to instead of
> .Pa /var/run/syslog.pid .
> .It Ar signal
> -Specify the signal to send to the process instead of
> +This optional field specifies the signal to send to the process instead of
> .Dv SIGHUP .
> Signal names
> must start with
> diff --git usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
> index a79106c7743..24d0e102a11 100644
> --- usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
> +++ usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
> @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ nextline:
>
> q = sob(++parse); /* Optional field */
> if (*q == 'Z' || *q == 'z' || *q == 'B' || *q == 'b' ||
> - *q == 'M' || *q == 'm') {
> + *q == 'M' || *q == 'm' || *q == 'F' || *q == 'f') {
> *(parse = son(q)) = '\0';
> while (*q) {
> switch (*q) {
newsyslog: optional signal field, enable F flag