#1031023 ddclient: Many errors in log file

Package:
ddclient
Source:
ddclient
Submitter:
Francesco
Date:
2023-02-12 07:51:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1031023#5
Date:
2023-02-10 14:48:12 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
Latest update to 3.10.0-2 version (from 3.9.1-7.1), in /var/log/daemon.log
there are many error lines and it looks like software is not working:

[...]

2023-02-10T13:57:47.054554+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: FAILED:
updating XYZ: Server said: '0'
2023-02-10T14:02:47.936046+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: FAILED:
updating XYZ: Server said: '0'
2023-02-10T14:07:48.383206+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: WARNING:
skipping update of XYZ from <nothing> to a.b.c.d.
2023-02-10T14:07:48.424021+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: WARNING:
last updated <never> but last attempt on Fri Feb 10 14:02:47 2023
failed.
2023-02-10T14:07:48.429620+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: WARNING:
Wait at least 5 minutes between update attempts.
2023-02-10T14:12:49.808330+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: FAILED:
updating XYZ: Server said: '0'
2023-02-10T14:17:51.172758+01:00 localhost ddclient[65250]: FAILED:
updating XYZ: Server said: '0'

[...]

Apart for "skipping update" client updates the address remotely, so it's
more like a false positive but it's not good to keep wrong logs.
As documented from official webisite tried to disable ssl with no luck.

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#1031023#10
Date:
2023-02-11 06:53:28 UTC
From:
To:
   * Is it working for you?  The words "looks like" makes that unclear.
"Working but logging errors" is very different from "not working at all".
   * If it's not working, did a previous version of ddclient work for
you?  Which version?
   * What are the contents of your ddclient.conf (redacted to remove any
sensitive information, such as hostnames, usernames, and passwords)?

Also, this is likely an upstream bug.  Please report it to the upstream
project:

https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues/new

#1031023#15
Date:
2023-02-11 07:10:18 UTC
From:
To:
Control: severity -1 minor

Oops, I failed to carefully read this part in your bug report:

I would still like to know whether the behavior changed in 3.10.0-2 vs.
some previous version, and the contents of your config file.  (If you
report that information upstream, a link to the upstream bug report
would be sufficient.)

#1031023#24
Date:
2023-02-12 07:41:35 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Yes, the the beaviour appeared with new version, after update; for more
details:

2023-02-08 07:43:38 upgrade ddclient:all 3.9.1-7.1 3.10.0-2

My conf file is as follows
---conf---
# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
#
# /etc/ddclient.conf


protocol=duckdns
#use=if, if=ppp0
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='IP Address'
password=**KEY**
kamma
---conf---

here's a bug report, not mine, with similar issue and other errors in
logs:

https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues/499

It's suggested to try using curl but when enabled on debian version:

2023-02-12T08:39:30.189999+01:00 localhost ddclient[182282]: FATAL:    curl not found

even if curl is correctly installed.
Hope all info can be useful