[Bug 46091] New: syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[Bug 46091] New: syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091

           Summary: syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: man-pages
        AssignedTo: documentation_man-pages-ztI5WcYan/vQLgFONoPN62D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org
        ReportedBy: simon-RTwAkxXyIg6Ei8DpZVb4nw@public.gmane.org
        Regression: No


Created an attachment (id=77881)
 --> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=77881)
Patch undeprecating LOG_AUTH

Hi!

syslog.3 contains:

.B LOG_AUTH
security/authorization messages (DEPRECATED Use
.B LOG_AUTHPRIV
instead)
.TP
.B LOG_AUTHPRIV
security/authorization messages (private)

However I cannot find any other source that claim LOG_AUTH is deprecated in
anyway.  LOG_AUTH is distinct from LOG_AUTHPRIV.  The GNU C Library manual only
documents LOG_AUTH.  The header files contains both without any comment. 
Common systems like Debian appear to refer to both auth and authpriv facilities
in syslog configurations.  Popular daemons appear to use both facilities.  Both
facilities are discussed in several RFCs.

Thus, I propose attached patch to not say DEPRECATED anymore.

While the patch is trivial, I'm opening a bugzilla bug to track discussions
since there could be other opinions.

For more background, see:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.shishi.general/708/focus=735
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.shishi.general/708/focus=734

/Simon

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[Bug 46091] syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091


Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED
                 CC|                            |mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org




--- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2012-08-17 12:56:04 ---
It's puzzling to me also why LOG_AUTH is marked DEPRECATED in the man page.
That text goes back to the original version of the page, written in 1994.

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[Bug 46091] syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091


Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |CODE_FIX




--- Comment #2 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2012-08-17 13:07:31 ---
I've applied your patch, less the changelog text (nowadays,
the project generally just relies on the Git log, except in
the case of major changes, which also get a note in the changelog
in the page source.

Thanks for reporting this, Simon.

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[Bug 46091] syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091





--- Comment #3 from Simon Josefsson <simon-RTwAkxXyIg6Ei8DpZVb4nw@public.gmane.org>  2012-09-04 09:45:10 ---
Thank you for fixing my patch and applying it.  I don't see this in the git
repository though, has it been pushed?

/Simon

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[Bug 46091] syslog.3 says LOG_AUTH is deprecated

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46091





--- Comment #4 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2012-09-25 03:53:43 ---
Yes, sorry about that. Pushed now.

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