[bug-notifications] [syslog_ng 0003869]: syslog_ng package can no longer be installed on Solaris 8 or 9

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http://www.opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3869 
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Reported By:                tim
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    syslog_ng
Issue ID:                   3869
Category:                   packaging
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2009-08-25 11:39 CEST
Last Modified:              2009-08-31 13:52 CEST
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Summary:                    syslog_ng package can no longer be installed on
Solaris 8 or 9
Description: 
I was able to install the CSWsyslogng package on Solaris 8 or 9 machines
just recently. However the latest package that's on the mirrors requires
svcadm to install, therefore restricting it to Solaris 10 only:


Do you want to continue with the installation of <CSWsyslogng> [y,n,?] y

Installing syslog_ng - A powerful syslogd replacement as <CSWsyslogng>

## Executing preinstall script.
Disabling svc:/system/system-log:default
/var/sadm/pkg/CSWsyslogng/install/preinstall: svcadm: not found
pkgadd: ERROR: preinstall script did not complete successfully

Installation of <CSWsyslogng> failed.
ERROR: could not add CSWsyslogng.

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 (0006652) maciej (reporter) - 2009-08-31 13:52
 http://www.opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3869#c6652 
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With your LD_LIBRARY_PATH you're on your own[1], I'm afraid. I'd suggest
you do a local modification of your own to make syslog_ng run.

About the two processes, I'm seeing the them on Solaris 8 as well. My
suspicion is that there's something going wrong when syslog attempts to
daemonize itself. I'm thinking whether it would make sense to try
syslog-ng-2.x instead of 3.x. Did 2.x version work for you on Solaris 8?

[1] http://www.opencsw.org/userguide/#using