[Syslog-ng-maintainers] Bug#845799: syslog-ng-core is missing dependency on syslog-ng-mod-json, fails to start

[Rask Ingemann Lambertsen]

Package: syslog-ng-core
Version: 3.8.1-6
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Running 'apt-get dist-upgrade', syslog-ng couldn't be restarted because the
default config file requires the template function "format-json" which is
not installed because syslog-ng-core doesn't depend on the package
syslog-ng-mod-json where the template function "format-json" is found.

[....] Starting system logging: syslog-ng
Error parsing config, Error compiling template (Unknown template function "format-json") in /usr/share/syslog-ng/include/scl/cim/template.conf at line 23, column 32:
                                                                              included from /etc/syslog-ng/scl.conf line 29, column 1
                                                                              included from /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf line 3, column 1

template-function "format-cim" "$(format-json --pair @timestamp='${R_ISODATE}' --pair @message='${MSG}' --key .cim.* --shift 5 --key _* --key .* --replace-prefix .=_ --key *.*)\n";
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

syslog-ng documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng
mailing list: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng

'apt-get install syslog-ng-mod-json' allows syslog-ng to start.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
Architecture: armhf (armv7l)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-rc1-00053-gcd7c72d-dirty (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=da_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=da_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core depends on:
ii  init-system-helpers    1.46
ii  libc6                  2.24-5
ii  libcap2                1:2.25-1
ii  libevtlog0             0.2.12-7
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.50.2-2
ii  libivykis0             0.36.2-1
ii  libnet1                1.1.6+dfsg-3
ii  libpcre3               2:8.39-2
ii  libssl1.0.2            1.0.2j-4
ii  libsystemd0            231-9
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-25
ii  lsb-base               9.20161101
ii  syslog-ng-mod-journal  3.8.1-6
ii  util-linux             2.28.2-1

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core recommends:
pn  logrotate  <none>

Versions of packages syslog-ng-core suggests:
pn  syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data  <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-amqp                 <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-geoip                <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-graphite             <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-json                 <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-mongodb              <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-python               <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-redis                <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-riemann              <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-smtp                 <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-sql                  <none>
pn  syslog-ng-mod-stomp                <none>

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