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FS#44945 - [libsasl] Annoying log message: “DIGEST-MD5 common mech free”

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Klaus Alexander Seistrup (kseistrup) - Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 14:40 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 04 June 2015, 08:02 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

When exiting the MUA mutt, an annoying and useless log message is sent to syslog: DIGEST-MD5 common mech free. The message appears in the shared library /usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so beloging to the libsasl package, and dates back to at least year 2011.

Additional info:

extra/mutt 1.5.23-2
core/libsasl 2.1.26-7

Steps to reproduce:

¹) Configure mutt so that it logs into an IMAP account using TLS
²) Exit mutt
³) Find the message “DIGEST-MD5 common mech free” in syslog

Additionally:

$ grep 'common mech free' /usr/lib/sasl2/*.so
Binary file /usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so matches

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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 04 June 2015, 08:02 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 04 June 2015, 08:01 GMT
These messages are logged at debug level, you can change syslog config to filter out debug messages.

I will not remove this from Cyrus SASL, as debug logging is the only way to debug issues with SASL when not running interactive, for example when running a mailserver.

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