Well, in my example the ID link worked just fine.

There could be a string length limitation, but it could be as well the way you are creating the ID that is the source of the problem: I would need the part of your elogd.cfg that defines how you format your ID in order to try to reproduce your problem.

Cheers, Andreas

As Andreas said we have to reproduce the problem. What is special in your case is the elog:SequencerEvents/XXXXX. This is non-standard and must be created through your configuration of elog or by an external script. I just guess that you have something like

Preset ID = elog:SequencerEvents/#####

which causes elog to preset the ID with the above string. Can it be that you just put five hashmarks in the preset?

Stefan

ah yes, that was a helpful clue. Our elogd.cfg file led me to a .js file which redefines the ID to the elog:SequencerEvents/XXXXX format and it indeed had a silly hard coded length of that string.

Since I am pretty sure this is our code, I think it is safe to say that this is not a bug in the elog

Thank you all for your kind responses. Please consider this thread resolved: no bug in elog

We have been using elog on Windows 10 for a long time. Today, after a Windows update, the elogd service started crashing (error 1067, unexpected termination). It ran fine just before the Windows update (which took > 1 hour, so it was a major one). Uninstalling and re-installing did not help, including replacing my elogd.cfg with the default. Installing on another PC (that also has this update) fails in the same way. I have a good backup of my logbook.

Any suggestions?

Tried compiling on FC27 and 28, both result in binaries but with serious issues; writing data larger than then allowed.
Example output:

make 
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o mxml.o mxml/mxml.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o crypt.o src/crypt.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o regex.o src/regex.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -c -o strlcpy.o mxml/strlcpy.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elog src/elog.c mxml.o crypt.o regex.o strlcpy.o -lssl
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -w -c -o auth.o src/auth.c
gcc -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Imxml -DHAVE_SSL -o elogd src/elogd.c auth.o mxml.o crypt.o regex.o strlcpy.o -lssl
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve_attachment.part.30’:
src/elogd.c:4764:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4764:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_submit.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4894:29: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                             ^~
src/elogd.c:4894:7: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_submit’:
src/elogd.c:4894:29: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                             ^~
src/elogd.c:4894:7: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
       sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘el_retrieve.constprop’:
src/elogd.c:4503:26: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                          ^~
src/elogd.c:4503:4: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
    sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘show_download_page’:
src/elogd.c:14775:32: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 255 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 256 [-Wformat-overflow=]
          sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
                                ^~
src/elogd.c:14775:10: note: ‘sprintf’ output between 1 and 542 bytes into a destination of size 256
          sprintf(file_name, "%s%s%s", lbs->data_dir, lbs->el_index[index].subdir, lbs->el_index[index].file_name);
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/elogd.c: In function ‘search_last_reply’:
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Anyone aware of a cure?

This warning is triggered by the use of the sprintf() funciton, which can write beyond the boundary of the destination string. I replaced it by snprintf(), which should make the compiler happy. Code is committed. Unfortuantely I have no FC27 here, so if there is still some waring with the current code, please post the full warning list here.

Stefan

I don't see the update on elog/download/tar/.
Do you keep builds elsewhere, perhaps on get or sourceforge?