Yum pushed out these updates on November 18th, 2007, with changes to
httpd.conf:
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< LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
\"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
---
> LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
combined
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The former line was the original, the latter was what it was changed to.
During my update, my httpd.conf was left alone, the new one was saved as
httpd.conf.rpmnew. I inquired in December whether the suggested change
would affect Webalizer and AWStats, and left my settings as they were. I
have noticed no issues from leaving the %v out.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dogsbody [mailto:dan (at mark) dogsbody.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:28 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:12276] Re: Cron error messages
>
>
> >> Ok, just started getting this on a server that I recently updated.
> >> Turns out it appears to be a difference in how Apache (httpd)
> >> is logging versus what analog expects to see. My answer
> >> (that appears to have fixed it) was to edit the
> >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file and change the LogFormat line
> >> as follows:
> >>
> >> <quote>
> >> ##LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
> >> \"%{User-Agent}i\""
> >> combined
> >> LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
> >> \"%{User-Agent}i\""
> >> combined
> >> </quote>
> >>
> >> Note I copied the line, commented the original out, then
> >> deleted the %v and a space from the beginning of the line.
> >> Your mileage may vary... but it stopped my error messages from cron.
>
>
> Warning, I could be wrong but if memory serves the %v ads the virtual
> site name to the log file. This is then used to split the logs into the
> correct site directories each night. Make sure this hasn't broken after
> you make the change!
>
> Dan