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diff --git a/doc/v6compatibility.html b/doc/v6compatibility.html index 1f830854..7ce8c001 100644 --- a/doc/v6compatibility.html +++ b/doc/v6compatibility.html @@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ to spot why things went wrong (and if at all). <p>Due to their positive effect on performance and comparatively low overhead, default batch sizes have been increased. Starting with 6.3.4, the action queues have a default batch size of 128 messages. +<h2>Default action queue enqueue timeout</h2> +<p>This timeout previously was 2seconds, and has been reduced to 50ms (starting with 6.5.0). This change +was made as a long timeout will caused delays in the associated main queue, something +that was quite unexpected to users. Now, this can still happen, but the effect is much +less harsh (but still considerable on a busy system). Also, 50ms should be fairly enough +for most output sources, except when they are really broken (like network disconnect). If +they are really broken, even a 2second timeout does not help, so we hopefully get the best +of both worlds with the new timeout. A specific timeout can of course still be configured, +it is just the timeout that changed. <h2>outchannels</h2> <p>Outchannels are a to-be-removed feature of rsyslog, at least as far as the config syntax is concerned. Nevertheless, v6 still supports it, but a new syntax is required @@ -127,6 +136,16 @@ Note that this syntax is available starting with rsyslog v4. It is important to mind that future versions of rsyslog will require different syntax and/or drop outchannel support completely. So if at all possible, avoid using this feature. If you must use it, be prepared for future changes and watch announcements very carefully. +<h2>ompipe default template</h2> +<p>Starting with 6.5.0, ompipe does no longer use the omfile default template. +Instead, the default template must be set via the module load statement. +An example is +<blockquote><code> +module(load="builtin:ompipe" template="myDefaultTemplate") +</code> </blockquote> +<p>For obvious reasons, the default template must be defined somewhere in +the config file, otherwise errors will happen during the config load +phase. <h2>omusrmsg</h2> <p>The omusrmsg module is used to send messages to users. In legacy-legacy config format (that is the very old sysklogd style), it was suffucient to use @@ -162,6 +181,14 @@ As you see, here you may include spaces between user names. so it is a wise decision to change config files at least to the legacy format (with ":omusrmsg:" in front of the name). +<h2>Escape Sequences in Script-Based Filters</h2> +<p>In v5, escape sequences were very simplistic. Inside a string, "\x" meant +"x" with x being any character. This has been changed so that the usual set of +escapes is supported, must importantly "\n", "\t", "\xhh" (with hh being hex digits) +and "\ooo" with (o being octal digits). So if one of these sequences was used +previously, results are obviously different. However, that should not create any +real problems, because it is hard to envision why someone should have done that +(why write "\n" when you can also write "n"?). <p>[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> |