Hi, Frank Thanks a lot. I will patch webalizer with this option and will contact upstream.
Regards, JOse Carlos 2006/3/24, Frank IJskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Package: webalizer > Version: 2.01.10-26 > Severity: normal > > > I found an issue with the way webalizer handles the configuration > options. > > In the /etc/webalizer.config: > Incremental Yes > > The crontab job said: > webalizer -p -c /etc/webalizer.config > > and still, there was no incremental update. > After examining the source file webalizer.c: > i found the line: > case 37: incremental=(value[0]=='y')?1:0; > > This explained that Yes is not a usable option, but yes is. > This case-sensitivity is not mentioned in the docs, nor handled in the > processing of the config file. > > I read that others had a problem that might be related to this: > bugs reported under nr 333801 / 311340 / 307705 might be solved with > this case-issue / lack of documentation. > > In my opinion it might be wise to update webalizer.c to also allow > capital y. Something like: > change case 37: incremental=(value[0]=='y')?1:0; > to case 37: incremental=(value[0]=='y' || value[0]=='Y')?1:0; > And then of course for all the other options as well ;-) > > > Frank IJskes > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages webalizer depends on: > ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries > [ > ii libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-1.1 GD Graphics Library version 2 > (wit > ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime > > -- debconf information excluded > >
