remove NUL character from recieved messages

rsyslog-1.19.6-dropNul.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- syslogd.c.dropNul	2007-10-03 17:38:07.000000000 +0200
++++ syslogd.c	2007-10-03 17:43:23.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2023,13 +2023,18 @@ void printchopped(char *hname, char *msg
+ 
+ 	dbgprintf("Message length: %d, File descriptor: %d.\n", len, fd);
+ 
++	if(*(msg + len - 1) == '\0') {
++		dbgprintf("dropped NUL at very end of message\n");
++		len--;
++	}
++
+ 	/* we first check if we need to drop trailing LFs, which often make
+ 	 * their way into syslog messages unintentionally. In order to remain
+ 	 * compatible to recent IETF developments, we allow the user to
+ 	 * turn on/off this handling.  rgerhards, 2007-07-23
+ 	 */
+ 	if(bDropTrailingLF && *(msg + len - 1) == '\n') {
+-		*(msg + len - 1) = '\0';
++		dbgprintf("dropped LF at very end of message (DropTrailingLF is set)\n");
+ 		len--;
+ 	}
+ 

rsyslog.spec

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemons
 Name: rsyslog
 Version: 1.19.6
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://www.rsyslog.com/
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0: http://download.adiscon.com/rsyslog/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: rsyslog.init
 Source2: rsyslog.sysconfig
 Patch1: rsyslog-1.19.6-repmsg.patch
+Patch2: rsyslog-1.19.6-dropNul.patch 
 Conflicts: logrotate < 3.5.2
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ MySQL database support to rsyslog.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .repmsg
+%patch2 -p0 -b .dropnul
 
 %build
 %configure --sbindir=%{sbindir} --disable-static
@@ -119,6 +121,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/rsyslog/ommysql.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 03 2007 Peter Vrabec <pvrabec@redhat.com> 1.19.6-3
+- remove NUL character from recieved messages
+
 * Tue Sep 25 2007 Tomas Heinrich <theinric@redhat.com> 1.19.6-2
 - fix message suppression (303341)