Imported Upstream version 4.6.1upstream/4.6.1

22 files changed, 812 insertions, 95 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f1aaf75..2cf5f02 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,11 +1,42 @@
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Version 4.6.0  [v4-beta] (rgerhards), 2010-02-24
+Version 4.6.1  [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-03-04
+- re-enabled old pipe output (using new module ompipe, built-in) after
+  some problems with pipes (and especially in regard to xconsole) were
+  discovered. Thanks to Michael Biebl for reporting the issues.
+- bugfix: potential problems with large file support could cause segfault
+  ... and other weird problems. This seemed to affect 32bit-platforms
+  only, but I can not totally outrule there were issues on other
+  platforms as well. The previous code could cause system data types
+  to be defined inconsistently, and that could lead to various 
+  troubles. Special thanks go to the Mandriva team for identifying
+  an initial problem, help discussing it and ultimately a fix they
+  contributed.
+- bugfix: fixed problem that caused compilation on FreeBSD 9.0 to fail.
+  bugtracker: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=181
+  Thanks to Christiano for reporting.
+- bugfix: potential segfault in omfile when a dynafile open failed
+  In that case, a partial cache entry was written, and some internal
+  pointers (iCurrElt) not correctly updated. In the next iteration, that
+  could lead to a segfault, especially if iCurrElt then points to the
+  then-partial record. Not very likely, but could happen in practice.
+- bugfix (theoretical): potential segfault in omfile under low memory
+  condition. This is only a theoretical bug, because it would only 
+  happen when strdup() fails to allocate memory - which is highly 
+  unlikely and will probably lead to all other sorts of errors.
+- bugfix: comment char ('#') in literal terminated script parsing
+  and thus could not be used.
+  but tracker: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=119
+  [merged in from v3.22.2]
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Version 4.6.0  [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-02-24
 ***************************************************************************
 * This is a new stable v4 version. It contains all fixes and enhancements *
 * made during the 4.5.x phase as well as those listed below.              *
 * Note: this version is scheduled to conclude the v4 development process. *
 *       Do not expect any more new developments in v4. The focus is now   *
-*       on v5 (what also means we have a single devel branch again.       *
+*       on v5 (what also means we have a single devel branch again).      *
+*       ("development" means new feature development, bug fixes are of    *
+*       course provided for v4-stable)                                    *
 ***************************************************************************
 - improved testbench to contain samples for totally malformed messages
   which miss parts of the message content
@@ -486,6 +517,9 @@ version before switching to this one.
   Thanks to Ken for providing the patch
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 3.22.2 [v3-stable] (rgerhards), 2009-07-??
+- bugfix: comment char ('#') in literal terminated script parsing
+  and thus could not be used.
+  but tracker: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=119
 - enhance: imrelp now also provides remote peer's IP address 
   [if librelp != 1.0.0 is used]
 - bugfix: sending syslog messages with zip compression did not work
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index a86dfeb..967dfda 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <utmpx.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_UTMPX_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <utmp.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_UTMP_H
 
@@ -276,9 +279,6 @@
 /* Defined if debug mode is disabled. */
 #undef NDEBUG
 
-/* Defined when large file support is disabled. */
-#undef NOLARGEFILE
-
 /* Define to 1 if your C compiler doesn't accept -c and -o together. */
 #undef NO_MINUS_C_MINUS_O
 
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@
 /* Version number of package */
 #undef VERSION
 
+/* Number of bits in a file offset, on hosts where this is settable. */
+#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+
+/* Define for large files, on AIX-style hosts. */
+#undef _LARGE_FILES
+
 /* Define to 1 if on MINIX. */
 #undef _MINIX
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d86f7df..2c25f9c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63 for rsyslog 4.6.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63 for rsyslog 4.6.1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com>.
 #
@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='rsyslog'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='rsyslog'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='4.6.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='rsyslog 4.6.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='4.6.1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='rsyslog 4.6.1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com'
 
 ac_unique_file="ChangeLog"
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures rsyslog 4.6.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures rsyslog 4.6.1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of rsyslog 4.6.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of rsyslog 4.6.1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
                           optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
   --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
-  --enable-largefile      Enable large file support [default=yes]
+  --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
   --enable-regexp         Enable regular expressions support [default=yes]
   --enable-zlib           Enable zlib compression support [default=yes]
   --enable-gssapi-krb5    Enable GSSAPI Kerberos 5 support [default=no]
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-rsyslog configure 4.6.0
+rsyslog configure 4.6.1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by rsyslog $as_me 4.6.0, which was
+It was created by rsyslog $as_me 4.6.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='rsyslog'
- VERSION='4.6.0'
+ VERSION='4.6.1'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -13195,7 +13195,8 @@ fi
 
 
 
-for ac_header in arpa/inet.h libgen.h malloc.h fcntl.h locale.h netdb.h netinet/in.h paths.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h sys/stat.h syslog.h unistd.h utmp.h sys/epoll.h sys/prctl.h
+
+for ac_header in arpa/inet.h libgen.h malloc.h fcntl.h locale.h netdb.h netinet/in.h paths.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h sys/stat.h syslog.h unistd.h utmp.h utmpx.h sys/epoll.h sys/prctl.h
 do
 as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 if { as_var=$as_ac_Header; eval "test \"\${$as_var+set}\" = set"; }; then
@@ -17043,28 +17044,367 @@ fi
 
 
 # Large file support
+# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/System-Services.html#index-AC_005fSYS_005fLARGEFILE-1028
 # Check whether --enable-largefile was given.
 if test "${enable_largefile+set}" = set; then
-  enableval=$enable_largefile; case "${enableval}" in
-         yes) enable_largefile="yes" ;;
-          no) enable_largefile="no" ;;
-           *) { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: bad value ${enableval} for --enable-largefile" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: bad value ${enableval} for --enable-largefile" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } ;;
-         esac
+  enableval=$enable_largefile;
+fi
+
+if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for special C compiler options needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=no
+     if test "$GCC" != yes; then
+       ac_save_CC=$CC
+       while :; do
+	 # IRIX 6.2 and later do not support large files by default,
+	 # so use the C compiler's -n32 option if that helps.
+	 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+	 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 CC="$CC -n32"
+	 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC=' -n32'; break
 else
-  enable_largefile="yes"
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
 
 fi
 
-if test "$enable_largefile" = "no"; then
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+	 break
+       done
+       CC=$ac_save_CC
+       rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
+    fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" >&6; }
+  if test "$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC" != no; then
+    CC=$CC$ac_cv_sys_largefile_CC
+  fi
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define NOLARGEFILE 1
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=no; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
 
 fi
 
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=64; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  if test $ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits = unknown; then
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sys_large_files+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  while :; do
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=no; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _LARGE_FILES 1
+#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* Check that off_t can represent 2**63 - 1 correctly.
+    We can't simply define LARGE_OFF_T to be 9223372036854775807,
+    since some C++ compilers masquerading as C compilers
+    incorrectly reject 9223372036854775807.  */
+#define LARGE_OFF_T (((off_t) 1 << 62) - 1 + ((off_t) 1 << 62))
+  int off_t_is_large[(LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483629 == 721
+		       && LARGE_OFF_T % 2147483647 == 1)
+		      ? 1 : -1];
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=1; break
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  ac_cv_sys_large_files=unknown
+  break
+done
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_sys_large_files" >&6; }
+case $ac_cv_sys_large_files in #(
+  no | unknown) ;;
+  *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _LARGE_FILES $ac_cv_sys_large_files
+_ACEOF
+;;
+esac
+rm -rf conftest*
+  fi
+fi
+
+case "${enable_largefile}" in
+  no) ;;
+  *) enable_largefile="yes" ;;
+esac
 
 # Regular expressions
 # Check whether --enable-regexp was given.
@@ -20647,7 +20987,7 @@ exec 6>&1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by rsyslog $as_me 4.6.0, which was
+This file was extended by rsyslog $as_me 4.6.1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -20710,7 +21050,7 @@ Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>."
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_version="\\
-rsyslog config.status 4.6.0
+rsyslog config.status 4.6.1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63,
   with options \\"`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f8f38c..b059fe7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([rsyslog],[4.6.0],[rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com])
+AC_INIT([rsyslog],[4.6.1],[rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ChangeLog])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ AC_SUBST(DL_LIBS)
 AC_HEADER_RESOLV
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h libgen.h malloc.h fcntl.h locale.h netdb.h netinet/in.h paths.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h sys/stat.h syslog.h unistd.h utmp.h sys/epoll.h sys/prctl.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h libgen.h malloc.h fcntl.h locale.h netdb.h netinet/in.h paths.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h sys/stat.h syslog.h unistd.h utmp.h utmpx.h sys/epoll.h sys/prctl.h])
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_C_CONST
@@ -152,19 +152,12 @@ AC_SUBST(moddirs)
 
 
 # Large file support
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(largefile,
-        [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-largefile],[Enable large file support @<:@default=yes@:>@])],
-        [case "${enableval}" in
-         yes) enable_largefile="yes" ;;
-          no) enable_largefile="no" ;;
-           *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-largefile) ;;
-         esac],
-        [enable_largefile="yes"]
-)
-if test "$enable_largefile" = "no"; then
-        AC_DEFINE(NOLARGEFILE, 1, [Defined when large file support is disabled.])
-fi
-
+# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/System-Services.html#index-AC_005fSYS_005fLARGEFILE-1028
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+case "${enable_largefile}" in
+  no) ;;
+  *) enable_largefile="yes" ;;
+esac
 
 # Regular expressions
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(regexp,
diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html
index 0e121ed..0efe507 100644
--- a/doc/manual.html
+++ b/doc/manual.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rsyslog support</a> available directly from the source!</p>
 <p><b>Please visit the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sponsors">rsyslog sponsor's page</a>
 to honor the project sponsors or become one yourself!</b> We are very grateful for any help towards the
 project goals.</p>
-<p><b>This documentation is for version 4.6.0 (v4-stable branch) of rsyslog.</b>
+<p><b>This documentation is for version 4.6.1 (v4-stable branch) of rsyslog.</b>
 Visit the <i><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-status.html">rsyslog status page</a></i></b>
 to obtain current version information and project status.
 </p><p><b>If you like rsyslog, you might
diff --git a/runtime/ctok.c b/runtime/ctok.c
index 6f5f027..18ddaed 100644
--- a/runtime/ctok.c
+++ b/runtime/ctok.c
@@ -87,11 +87,12 @@ ctokUngetCharFromStream(ctok_t *pThis, uchar __attribute__((unused)) c)
 }
 
 
-/* get the next character from the input "stream" (currently just a in-memory
- * string...) -- rgerhards, 2008-02-19
+/* get the next character from the input "stream". Note that this version
+ * does NOT look for comment characters as end-of-stream, so it is suitable
+ * when building constant strings! -- rgerhards, 2010-03-01
  */
-static rsRetVal 
-ctokGetCharFromStream(ctok_t *pThis, uchar *pc)
+static inline rsRetVal 
+ctokGetCharFromStreamNoComment(ctok_t *pThis, uchar *pc)
 {
 	DEFiRet;
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ ctokGetCharFromStream(ctok_t *pThis, uchar *pc)
 	ASSERT(pc != NULL);
 
 	/* end of string or begin of comment terminates the "stream" */
-	if(*pThis->pp == '\0' || *pThis->pp == '#') {
+	if(*pThis->pp == '\0') {
 		ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_EOS);
 	} else {
 		*pc = *pThis->pp;
@@ -111,6 +112,28 @@ finalize_it:
 }
 
 
+/* get the next character from the input "stream" (currently just a in-memory
+ * string...) -- rgerhards, 2008-02-19
+ */
+static rsRetVal 
+ctokGetCharFromStream(ctok_t *pThis, uchar *pc)
+{
+	DEFiRet;
+
+	ISOBJ_TYPE_assert(pThis, ctok);
+	ASSERT(pc != NULL);
+
+	CHKiRet(ctokGetCharFromStreamNoComment(pThis, pc));
+	/* begin of comment terminates the "stream"! */
+	if(*pc == '#') {
+		ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_EOS);
+	}
+
+finalize_it:
+	RETiRet;
+}
+
+
 /* skip whitespace in the input "stream".
  * rgerhards, 2008-02-19
  */
@@ -302,7 +325,7 @@ ctokGetSimpStr(ctok_t *pThis, ctok_token_t *pToken)
 	pToken->tok = ctok_SIMPSTR;
 
 	CHKiRet(cstrConstruct(&pstrVal));
-	CHKiRet(ctokGetCharFromStream(pThis, &c));
+	CHKiRet(ctokGetCharFromStreamNoComment(pThis, &c));
 	/* while we are in escape mode (had a backslash), no sequence
 	 * terminates the loop. If outside, it is terminated by a single quote.
 	 */
@@ -317,7 +340,7 @@ ctokGetSimpStr(ctok_t *pThis, ctok_token_t *pToken)
 				CHKiRet(cstrAppendChar(pstrVal, c));
 			}
 		}
-		CHKiRet(ctokGetCharFromStream(pThis, &c));
+		CHKiRet(ctokGetCharFromStreamNoComment(pThis, &c));
 	}
 	CHKiRet(cstrFinalize(pstrVal));
 
diff --git a/runtime/debug.c b/runtime/debug.c
index 9547eee..20474a9 100644
--- a/runtime/debug.c
+++ b/runtime/debug.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
 /* debug.c
  *
  * This file proides debug and run time error analysis support. Some of the
@@ -550,6 +549,7 @@ if(pLog == NULL) {
 	return; /* if we don't know it yet, we can not clean up... */
 }
 #endif
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 	/* we found the last lock entry. We now need to see from which FuncDB we need to
 	 * remove it. This is recorded inside the mutex log entry.
diff --git a/runtime/rsyslog.h b/runtime/rsyslog.h
index 0f489a7..8979893 100644
--- a/runtime/rsyslog.h
+++ b/runtime/rsyslog.h
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@
  * #                  End Config Settings                      # *
  * ############################################################# */
 
-#ifndef	NOLARGEFILE
-#	undef _LARGEFILE_SOURCE  
-#	undef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE  
-#	undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
-#	define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE  
-#	define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE  
-#	define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
-#endif
-
 /* portability: not all platforms have these defines, so we
  * define them here if they are missing. -- rgerhards, 2008-03-04
  */
diff --git a/runtime/rule.c b/runtime/rule.c
index 182d616..4c2c9ed 100644
--- a/runtime/rule.c
+++ b/runtime/rule.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ shouldProcessThisMessage(rule_t *pRule, msg_t *pMsg, int *bProcessMsg)
 
 	if(pRule->f_filter_type == FILTER_PRI) {
 		/* skip messages that are incorrect priority */
+dbgprintf("testing filter, f_pmask %d\n", pRule->f_filterData.f_pmask[pMsg->iFacility]);
 		if ( (pRule->f_filterData.f_pmask[pMsg->iFacility] == TABLE_NOPRI) || \
 		    ((pRule->f_filterData.f_pmask[pMsg->iFacility] & (1<<pMsg->iSeverity)) == 0) )
 			bRet = 0;
diff --git a/tests/ourtail.c b/tests/ourtail.c
index 4e8a641..c31babb 100644
--- a/tests/ourtail.c
+++ b/tests/ourtail.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *
  * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
  */
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 int main(int __attribute__((unused)) argc, char __attribute__((unused)) *argv[])
diff --git a/tests/rt-init.c b/tests/rt-init.c
index aaac7ed..66a9ad3 100644
--- a/tests/rt-init.c
+++ b/tests/rt-init.c
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
  *
  * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
  */
-#include <stdio.h>
-
+#include "config.h"
 #include "rsyslog.h"
 #include "testbench.h"
+#include <stdio.h>	/* must be last, else we get a zlib compile error on some platforms */
 
 MODULE_TYPE_TESTBENCH
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index f0f9afa..1497d3b 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ rsyslogd_SOURCES = \
 	omfwd.h \
 	omfile.c \
 	omfile.h \
+	ompipe.c \
+	ompipe.h \
 	omdiscard.c \
 	omdiscard.h \
 	iminternal.c \
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 4e9114d..dbab812 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ rsyslog_diag_hostname_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_rsyslogd_OBJECTS = rsyslogd-syslogd.$(OBJEXT) \
 	rsyslogd-omshell.$(OBJEXT) rsyslogd-omusrmsg.$(OBJEXT) \
 	rsyslogd-omfwd.$(OBJEXT) rsyslogd-omfile.$(OBJEXT) \
-	rsyslogd-omdiscard.$(OBJEXT) rsyslogd-iminternal.$(OBJEXT) \
-	rsyslogd-pidfile.$(OBJEXT)
+	rsyslogd-ompipe.$(OBJEXT) rsyslogd-omdiscard.$(OBJEXT) \
+	rsyslogd-iminternal.$(OBJEXT) rsyslogd-pidfile.$(OBJEXT)
 rsyslogd_OBJECTS = $(am_rsyslogd_OBJECTS)
 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
 rsyslogd_DEPENDENCIES = $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ rsyslogd_SOURCES = \
 	omfwd.h \
 	omfile.c \
 	omfile.h \
+	ompipe.c \
+	ompipe.h \
 	omdiscard.c \
 	omdiscard.h \
 	iminternal.c \
@@ -407,6 +409,7 @@ distclean-compile:
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omdiscard.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omfile.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omfwd.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omshell.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omusrmsg.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-pidfile.Po@am__quote@
@@ -504,6 +507,20 @@ rsyslogd-omfile.obj: omfile.c
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
 @am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o rsyslogd-omfile.obj `if test -f 'omfile.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'omfile.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/omfile.c'; fi`
 
+rsyslogd-ompipe.o: ompipe.c
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MT rsyslogd-ompipe.o -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Tpo -c -o rsyslogd-ompipe.o `test -f 'ompipe.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`ompipe.c
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='ompipe.c' object='rsyslogd-ompipe.o' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o rsyslogd-ompipe.o `test -f 'ompipe.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`ompipe.c
+
+rsyslogd-ompipe.obj: ompipe.c
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MT rsyslogd-ompipe.obj -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Tpo -c -o rsyslogd-ompipe.obj `if test -f 'ompipe.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'ompipe.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/ompipe.c'; fi`
+@am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-ompipe.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	source='ompipe.c' object='rsyslogd-ompipe.obj' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CCDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCC_FALSE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o rsyslogd-ompipe.obj `if test -f 'ompipe.c'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'ompipe.c'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/ompipe.c'; fi`
+
 rsyslogd-omdiscard.o: omdiscard.c
 @am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(rsyslogd_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -MT rsyslogd-omdiscard.o -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omdiscard.Tpo -c -o rsyslogd-omdiscard.o `test -f 'omdiscard.c' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`omdiscard.c
 @am__fastdepCC_TRUE@	$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omdiscard.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/rsyslogd-omdiscard.Po
diff --git a/tools/msggen.c b/tools/msggen.c
index 06244c1..29ade3a 100644
--- a/tools/msggen.c
+++ b/tools/msggen.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/omfile.c b/tools/omfile.c
index db49a05..eb56201 100644
--- a/tools/omfile.c
+++ b/tools/omfile.c
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
  *       works!
  *
  * File begun on 2007-07-21 by RGerhards (extracted from syslogd.c)
- * This file is under development and has not yet arrived at being fully
- * self-contained and a real object. So far, it is mostly an excerpt
- * of the "old" message code without any modifications. However, it
- * helps to have things at the right place one we go to the meat of it.
  *
  * A large re-write of this file was done in June, 2009. The focus was
  * to introduce many more features (like zipped writing), clean up the code
@@ -16,6 +12,10 @@
  * solid basis for the next three to five years to come. During it, bugs
  * may have been introduced ;) -- rgerhards, 2009-06-04
  *
+ * Note that as of 2010-02-28 this module does no longer handle
+ * pipes. These have been moved to ompipe, to reduced the entanglement
+ * between the two different functionalities. -- rgerhards
+ *
  * Copyright 2007-2009 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
  *
  * This file is part of rsyslog.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int	iZipLevel = 0;	/* zip compression mode (0..9 as usual) */
 static bool	bFlushOnTXEnd = 1;/* flush write buffers when transaction has ended? */
 static int64	iIOBufSize = IOBUF_DFLT_SIZE;	/* size of an io buffer */
 static int	iFlushInterval = FLUSH_INTRVL_DFLT; 	/* how often flush the output buffer on inactivity? */
-static uchar	*pszTplName = NULL; /* name of the default template to use */
+uchar	*pszFileDfltTplName = NULL; /* name of the default template to use */
 /* end globals for default values */
 
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static rsRetVal cflineParseOutchannel(instanceData *pData, uchar* p, omodStringR
 	pData->pszSizeLimitCmd = pOch->cmdOnSizeLimit;
 
 	iRet = cflineParseTemplateName(&p, pOMSR, iEntry, iTplOpts,
-				       (pszTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszTplName);
+				       (pszFileDfltTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszFileDfltTplName);
 
 finalize_it:
 	RETiRet;
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ dynaFileFreeCacheEntries(instanceData *pData)
 	for(i = 0 ; i < pData->iCurrCacheSize ; ++i) {
 		dynaFileDelCacheEntry(pData->dynCache, i, 1);
 	}
+	pData->iCurrElt = -1; /* invalidate current element */
 	ENDfunc;
 }
 
@@ -486,6 +487,14 @@ prepareDynFile(instanceData *pData, uchar *newFileName, unsigned iMsgOpts)
 	}
 
 	/* we have not found an entry */
+
+	/* invalidate iCurrElt as we may error-exit out of this function when the currrent
+	 * iCurrElt has been freed or otherwise become unusable. This is a precaution, and
+	 * performance-wise it may be better to do that in each of the exits. However, that
+	 * is error-prone, so I prefer to do it here. -- rgerhards, 2010-03-02
+	 */
+	pData->iCurrElt = -1;
+
 	if(iFirstFree == -1 && (pData->iCurrCacheSize < pData->iDynaFileCacheSize)) {
 		/* there is space left, so set it to that index */
 		iFirstFree = pData->iCurrCacheSize++;
@@ -517,7 +526,11 @@ prepareDynFile(instanceData *pData, uchar *newFileName, unsigned iMsgOpts)
 		ABORT_FINALIZE(localRet);
 	}
 
-	CHKmalloc(pCache[iFirstFree]->pName = ustrdup(newFileName));
+	if((pCache[iFirstFree]->pName = ustrdup(newFileName)) == NULL) {
+		/* we need to discard the entry, otherwise things could lead to a segfault! */
+		dynaFileDelCacheEntry(pCache, iFirstFree, 1);
+		ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+	}
 	pCache[iFirstFree]->pStrm = pData->pStrm;
 	pCache[iFirstFree]->lastUsed = time(NULL); // monotonically increasing value! TODO: performance
 	pData->iCurrElt = iFirstFree;
@@ -620,7 +633,7 @@ ENDdoAction
 
 BEGINparseSelectorAct
 CODESTARTparseSelectorAct
-	if(!(*p == '$' || *p == '?' || *p == '|' || *p == '/' || *p == '-'))
+	if(!(*p == '$' || *p == '?' || *p == '/' || *p == '-'))
 		ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_CONFLINE_UNPROCESSED);
 
 	CHKiRet(createInstance(&pData));
@@ -653,7 +666,7 @@ CODESTARTparseSelectorAct
 		CODE_STD_STRING_REQUESTparseSelectorAct(2)
 		++p; /* eat '?' */
 		CHKiRet(cflineParseFileName(p, (uchar*) pData->f_fname, *ppOMSR, 0, OMSR_NO_RQD_TPL_OPTS,
-				               (pszTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszTplName));
+				               (pszFileDfltTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszFileDfltTplName));
 		/* "filename" is actually a template name, we need this as string 1. So let's add it
 		 * to the pOMSR. -- rgerhards, 2007-07-27
 		 */
@@ -666,7 +679,9 @@ CODESTARTparseSelectorAct
 				calloc(iDynaFileCacheSize, sizeof(dynaFileCacheEntry*)));
 		break;
 
-        case '|':
+        /* case '|': while pipe support has been removed, I leave the code in in case we 
+	 *           need high-performance pipes at a later stage (unlikely). -- rgerhards, 2010-02-28
+	 */
 	case '/':
 		CODE_STD_STRING_REQUESTparseSelectorAct(1)
 		/* we now have *almost* the same semantics for files and pipes, but we still need
@@ -681,7 +696,7 @@ CODESTARTparseSelectorAct
 		}
 
 		CHKiRet(cflineParseFileName(p, (uchar*) pData->f_fname, *ppOMSR, 0, OMSR_NO_RQD_TPL_OPTS,
-				               (pszTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszTplName));
+				               (pszFileDfltTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszFileDfltTplName));
 		pData->bDynamicName = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -737,9 +752,9 @@ static rsRetVal resetConfigVariables(uchar __attribute__((unused)) *pp, void __a
 	bFlushOnTXEnd = 1;
 	iIOBufSize = IOBUF_DFLT_SIZE;
 	iFlushInterval = FLUSH_INTRVL_DFLT;
-	if(pszTplName != NULL) {
-		free(pszTplName);
-		pszTplName = NULL;
+	if(pszFileDfltTplName != NULL) {
+		free(pszFileDfltTplName);
+		pszFileDfltTplName = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return RS_RET_OK;
@@ -750,7 +765,6 @@ BEGINdoHUP
 CODESTARTdoHUP
 	if(pData->bDynamicName) {
 		dynaFileFreeCacheEntries(pData);
-		pData->iCurrElt = -1; /* invalidate current element */
 	} else {
 		if(pData->pStrm != NULL) {
 			strm.Destruct(&pData->pStrm);
@@ -764,7 +778,7 @@ BEGINmodExit
 CODESTARTmodExit
 	objRelease(errmsg, CORE_COMPONENT);
 	objRelease(strm, CORE_COMPONENT);
-	free(pszTplName);
+	free(pszFileDfltTplName);
 ENDmodExit
 
 
@@ -795,7 +809,7 @@ CODEmodInit_QueryRegCFSLineHdlr
 	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"createdirs", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &bCreateDirs, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
 	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"failonchownfailure", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &bFailOnChown, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
 	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"actionfileenablesync", 0, eCmdHdlrBinary, NULL, &bEnableSync, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
-	CHKiRet(regCfSysLineHdlr((uchar *)"actionfiledefaulttemplate", 0, eCmdHdlrGetWord, NULL, &pszTplName, NULL));
+	CHKiRet(regCfSysLineHdlr((uchar *)"actionfiledefaulttemplate", 0, eCmdHdlrGetWord, NULL, &pszFileDfltTplName, NULL));
 	CHKiRet(omsdRegCFSLineHdlr((uchar *)"resetconfigvariables", 1, eCmdHdlrCustomHandler, resetConfigVariables, NULL, STD_LOADABLE_MODULE_ID));
 ENDmodInit
 /* vi:set ai:
diff --git a/tools/omfile.h b/tools/omfile.h
index 03e081f..8dca6a8 100644
--- a/tools/omfile.h
+++ b/tools/omfile.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * File begun on 2007-07-21 by RGerhards (extracted from syslogd.c)
  *
- * Copyright 2007 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
  *
  * This file is part of rsyslog.
  *
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 /* prototypes */
 rsRetVal modInitFile(int iIFVersRequested __attribute__((unused)), int *ipIFVersProvided, rsRetVal (**pQueryEtryPt)(), rsRetVal (*pHostQueryEtryPt)(uchar*, rsRetVal (**)()), modInfo_t*);
 
+/* the define below is dirty, but we need it for ompipe integration. There is no
+ * other way to have the functionality (well, one way would be to go through the
+ * globals, but that seems not yet justified. -- rgerhards, 2010-03-01
+ */
+uchar	*pszFileDfltTplName;
 #endif /* #ifndef OMFILE_H_INCLUDED */
-/*
- * vi:set ai:
+/* vi:set ai:
  */
diff --git a/tools/ompipe.c b/tools/ompipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb9b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ompipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/* ompipe.c
+ * This is the implementation of the build-in pipe output module.
+ * Note that this module stems back to the "old" (4.4.2 and below)
+ * omfile. There were some issues with the new omfile code and pipes
+ * (namely in regard to xconsole), so we took out the pipe code and moved
+ * that to a separate module. That a) immediately solves the issue for a
+ * less common use case and probably makes it much easier to enhance
+ * file and pipe support (now independently) in the future (we always
+ * needed to think about pipes in omfile so far, what we now no longer
+ * need to, hopefully resulting in reduction of complexity).
+ *
+ * NOTE: read comments in module-template.h to understand how this pipe
+ *       works!
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
+ *
+ * This file is part of rsyslog.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Rsyslog.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * A copy of the GPL can be found in the file "COPYING" in this distribution.
+ */
+#include "config.h"
+#include "rsyslog.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+
+#include "syslogd.h"
+#include "syslogd-types.h"
+#include "srUtils.h"
+#include "template.h"
+#include "ompipe.h"
+#include "omfile.h" /* for dirty trick: access to $ActionFileDefaultTemplate value */
+#include "cfsysline.h"
+#include "module-template.h"
+#include "conf.h"
+#include "errmsg.h"
+
+MODULE_TYPE_OUTPUT
+
+/* internal structures
+ */
+DEF_OMOD_STATIC_DATA
+DEFobjCurrIf(errmsg)
+
+
+/* globals for default values */
+/* end globals for default values */
+
+
+typedef struct _instanceData {
+	uchar	f_fname[MAXFNAME];/* pipe or template name (display only) */
+	short	fd;		  /* pipe descriptor for (current) pipe */
+} instanceData;
+
+
+BEGINisCompatibleWithFeature
+CODESTARTisCompatibleWithFeature
+	if(eFeat == sFEATURERepeatedMsgReduction)
+		iRet = RS_RET_OK;
+ENDisCompatibleWithFeature
+
+
+BEGINdbgPrintInstInfo
+CODESTARTdbgPrintInstInfo
+	dbgprintf("pipe %s", pData->f_fname);
+	if (pData->fd == -1)
+		dbgprintf(" (unused)");
+ENDdbgPrintInstInfo
+
+
+/* This is now shared code for all types of files. It simply prepares
+ * pipe access, which, among others, means the the pipe wil be opened
+ * and any directories in between will be created (based on config, of
+ * course). -- rgerhards, 2008-10-22
+ * changed to iRet interface - 2009-03-19
+ */
+static inline rsRetVal
+preparePipe(instanceData *pData)
+{
+	DEFiRet;
+	pData->fd = open((char*) pData->f_fname, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC);
+	RETiRet;
+}
+
+
+/* rgerhards 2004-11-11: write to a pipe output. This
+ * will be called for all outputs using pipe semantics,
+ * for example also for pipes.
+ */
+static rsRetVal writePipe(uchar **ppString, instanceData *pData)
+{
+	int iLenWritten;
+	DEFiRet;
+
+	ASSERT(pData != NULL);
+
+	if(pData->fd == -1) {
+		rsRetVal iRetLocal;
+		iRetLocal = preparePipe(pData);
+		if((iRetLocal != RS_RET_OK) || (pData->fd == -1))
+			ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_SUSPENDED); /* whatever the failure was, we need to retry */
+	}
+
+	/* create the message based on format specified */
+	iLenWritten = write(pData->fd, ppString[0], strlen((char*)ppString[0]));
+	if(iLenWritten < 0) {
+		int e = errno;
+		char errStr[1024];
+		rs_strerror_r(errno, errStr, sizeof(errStr));
+		DBGPRINTF("pipe (%d) write error %d: %s\n", pData->fd, e, errStr);
+
+		/* If a named pipe is full, we suspend this action for a while */
+		if(e == EAGAIN)
+			ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_SUSPENDED);
+
+		close(pData->fd);
+		pData->fd = -1; /* tell that fd is no longer open! */
+		iRet = RS_RET_SUSPENDED;
+		errno = e;
+		errmsg.LogError(0, NO_ERRCODE, "%s", pData->f_fname);
+	}
+
+finalize_it:
+	RETiRet;
+}
+
+
+BEGINcreateInstance
+CODESTARTcreateInstance
+	pData->fd = -1;
+ENDcreateInstance
+
+
+BEGINfreeInstance
+CODESTARTfreeInstance
+	if(pData->fd != -1)
+		close(pData->fd);
+ENDfreeInstance
+
+
+BEGINtryResume
+CODESTARTtryResume
+ENDtryResume
+
+BEGINdoAction
+CODESTARTdoAction
+	DBGPRINTF(" (%s)\n", pData->f_fname);
+	iRet = writePipe(ppString, pData);
+ENDdoAction
+
+
+BEGINparseSelectorAct
+CODESTARTparseSelectorAct
+	/* yes, the if below is redundant, but I need it now. Will go away as
+	 * the code further changes.  -- rgerhards, 2007-07-25
+	 */
+	if(*p == '|') {
+		if((iRet = createInstance(&pData)) != RS_RET_OK) {
+			ENDfunc
+			return iRet; /* this can not use RET_iRet! */
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* this is not clean, but we need it for the time being
+		 * TODO: remove when cleaning up modularization 
+		 */
+		ENDfunc
+		return RS_RET_CONFLINE_UNPROCESSED;
+	}
+
+	CODE_STD_STRING_REQUESTparseSelectorAct(1)
+	++p;
+	/* rgerhards 2004-11-17: from now, we need to have different
+	 * processing, because after the first comma, the template name
+	 * to use is specified. So we need to scan for the first coma first
+	 * and then look at the rest of the line.
+	 */
+	CHKiRet(cflineParseFileName(p, (uchar*) pData->f_fname, *ppOMSR, 0, OMSR_NO_RQD_TPL_OPTS,
+				       (pszFileDfltTplName == NULL) ? (uchar*)"RSYSLOG_FileFormat" : pszFileDfltTplName));
+
+	/* at this stage, we ignore the return value of preparePipe, this is taken
+	 * care of in later steps. -- rgerhards, 2009-03-19
+	 */
+	preparePipe(pData);
+		
+	if(pData->fd < 0 ) {
+		pData->fd = -1;
+		DBGPRINTF("Error opening log pipe: %s\n", pData->f_fname);
+		errmsg.LogError(0, RS_RET_NO_FILE_ACCESS, "Could no open output pipe '%s'", pData->f_fname);
+	}
+CODE_STD_FINALIZERparseSelectorAct
+ENDparseSelectorAct
+
+
+BEGINdoHUP
+CODESTARTdoHUP
+	if(pData->fd != -1) {
+		close(pData->fd);
+		pData->fd = -1;
+	}
+ENDdoHUP
+
+
+BEGINmodExit
+CODESTARTmodExit
+ENDmodExit
+
+
+BEGINqueryEtryPt
+CODESTARTqueryEtryPt
+CODEqueryEtryPt_STD_OMOD_QUERIES
+CODEqueryEtryPt_doHUP
+ENDqueryEtryPt
+
+
+BEGINmodInit(Pipe)
+CODESTARTmodInit
+	*ipIFVersProvided = CURR_MOD_IF_VERSION; /* we only support the current interface specification */
+CODEmodInit_QueryRegCFSLineHdlr
+	CHKiRet(objUse(errmsg, CORE_COMPONENT));
+ENDmodInit
+/* vi:set ai:
+ */
diff --git a/tools/ompipe.h b/tools/ompipe.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d17346c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ompipe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* ompipe.h
+ * These are the definitions for the build-in pipe output module.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH.
+ *
+ * This pipe is part of rsyslog.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Rsyslog is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Rsyslog.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * A copy of the GPL can be found in the pipe "COPYING" in this distribution.
+ */
+#ifndef	OMPIPE_H_INCLUDED
+#define	OMPIPE_H_INCLUDED 1
+
+/* prototypes */
+rsRetVal modInitPipe(int iIFVersRequested __attribute__((unused)), int *ipIFVersProvided, rsRetVal (**pQueryEtryPt)(), rsRetVal (*pHostQueryEtryPt)(uchar*, rsRetVal (**)()), modInfo_t*);
+
+#endif /* #ifndef OMPIPE_H_INCLUDED */
+/* vi:set ai:
+ */
diff --git a/tools/omusrmsg.c b/tools/omusrmsg.c
index 499a11d..e788a00 100644
--- a/tools/omusrmsg.c
+++ b/tools/omusrmsg.c
@@ -50,7 +50,15 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
-#include <utmp.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_UTMP_H
+#  include <utmp.h>
+#  define STRUCTUTMP struct utmp
+#  define UTNAME ut_name
+#else
+#  include <utmpx.h>
+#  define STRUCTUTMP struct utmpx
+#  define UTNAME ut_user
+#endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -124,6 +132,12 @@ ENDdbgPrintInstInfo
  * need! rgerhards 2005-03-18
  */
 #ifdef OS_BSD
+/* Since version 900007, FreeBSD has a POSIX compliant <utmpx.h> */
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD_version >= 900007)
+#  define setutent(void) setutxent(void)
+#  define getutent(void) getutxent(void)
+#  define endutent(void) endutxent(void)
+#else
 static FILE *BSD_uf = NULL;
 void setutent(void)
 {
@@ -134,9 +148,9 @@ void setutent(void)
 	}
 }
 
-struct utmp* getutent(void)
+STRUCTUTMP* getutent(void)
 {
-	static struct utmp st_utmp;
+	static STRUCTUTMP st_utmp;
 
 	if(fread((char *)&st_utmp, sizeof(st_utmp), 1, BSD_uf) != 1)
 		return NULL;
@@ -149,6 +163,7 @@ void endutent(void)
 	fclose(BSD_uf);
 	BSD_uf = NULL;
 }
+#endif /* if defined(__FreeBSD__) */
 #endif  /* #ifdef OS_BSD */
 
 
@@ -173,8 +188,8 @@ static rsRetVal wallmsg(uchar* pMsg, instanceData *pData)
 	int errnoSave;
 	int ttyf;
 	int wrRet;
-	struct utmp ut;
-	struct utmp *uptr;
+	STRUCTUTMP ut;
+	STRUCTUTMP *uptr;
 	struct stat statb;
 	DEFiRet;
 
@@ -187,13 +202,13 @@ static rsRetVal wallmsg(uchar* pMsg, instanceData *pData)
 	while((uptr = getutent())) {
 		memcpy(&ut, uptr, sizeof(ut));
 		/* is this slot used? */
-		if(ut.ut_name[0] == '\0')
+		if(ut.UTNAME[0] == '\0')
 			continue;
 #ifndef OS_BSD
 		if(ut.ut_type != USER_PROCESS)
 			continue;
 #endif
-		if(!(strncmp (ut.ut_name,"LOGIN", 6))) /* paranoia */
+		if(!(strncmp (ut.UTNAME,"LOGIN", 6))) /* paranoia */
 			continue;
 
 		/* should we send the message to this user? */
@@ -203,7 +218,7 @@ static rsRetVal wallmsg(uchar* pMsg, instanceData *pData)
 					i = MAXUNAMES;
 					break;
 				}
-				if(strncmp(pData->uname[i], ut.ut_name, UNAMESZ) == 0)
+				if(strncmp(pData->uname[i], ut.UTNAME, UNAMESZ) == 0)
 					break;
 			}
 			if(i == MAXUNAMES) /* user not found? */
diff --git a/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 b/tools/rsyslog.conf.5
index f2b915e..e8a4ab9 100644
--- a/tools/rsyslog.conf.5
+++ b/tools/rsyslog.conf.5
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ used like this:
 .IP
 $ModLoad imudp
 .IP
-$InputUDPServerRun 514
+$UDPServerRun 514
 .TP
 .I imtcp
 Input plugin for plain TCP syslog. Replaces the deprecated -t
diff --git a/tools/syslogd.c b/tools/syslogd.c
index caab169..64b2356 100644
--- a/tools/syslogd.c
+++ b/tools/syslogd.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 #include "omusrmsg.h"
 #include "omfwd.h"
 #include "omfile.h"
+#include "ompipe.h"
 #include "omdiscard.h"
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "queue.h"
@@ -2663,6 +2664,9 @@ static rsRetVal loadBuildInModules(void)
 	if((iRet = module.doModInit(modInitFile, UCHAR_CONSTANT("builtin-file"), NULL)) != RS_RET_OK) {
 		RETiRet;
 	}
+	if((iRet = module.doModInit(modInitPipe, UCHAR_CONSTANT("builtin-pipe"), NULL)) != RS_RET_OK) {
+		RETiRet;
+	}
 #ifdef SYSLOG_INET
 	if((iRet = module.doModInit(modInitFwd, UCHAR_CONSTANT("builtin-fwd"), NULL)) != RS_RET_OK) {
 		RETiRet;
@@ -2766,7 +2770,7 @@ static void printVersion(void)
 #else
 	printf("\tFEATURE_REGEXP:\t\t\t\tNo\n");
 #endif
-#ifndef	NOLARGEFILE
+#if defined(_LARGE_FILES) || (defined (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS) && _FILE_OFFSET_BITS >= 64)
 	printf("\tFEATURE_LARGEFILE:\t\t\tYes\n");
 #else
 	printf("\tFEATURE_LARGEFILE:\t\t\tNo\n");
diff --git a/tools/zpipe.c b/tools/zpipe.c
index bde6c5c..d227835 100644
--- a/tools/zpipe.c
+++ b/tools/zpipe.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		     files created by rsyslog's zip output writer.
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>