In Launchpad autopkgtests fail with Data too long for column 'FromHost'
on a system with a hostname of 63 characters.

I hope to resolve this with merge request
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/5310
testing is still ongoing.

These are the relevant syslog messages:

2500s Jan 15 17:49:22 autopkgtest rsyslogd[2317]: rsyslogd: ommysql: db
error (1406): Data too long for column 'FromHost' at row 1  [v8.2312.0]
2500s Jan 15 17:49:22 autopkgtest rsyslogd[2317]: rsyslogd: The error
statement was: insert into SystemEvents (Message, Facility, FromHost,
Priority, DeviceReportedTime, ReceivedAt, InfoUnitID, SysLogTag) values
(' rsyslogd: action \'action-7-ommysql\' (module \'ommysql\') message
lost, could not be processed. Check for additional error messages before
this one. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]', 3,
'adt-noble-amd64-rsyslog-20240115-160328-juju-7f2275-prod-propos', 6,
'20240115174920', '20240115174920', 1, 'rsyslogd[2317]:') [v8.2312.0 try
https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]
2500s Jan 15 17:49:22 autopkgtest rsyslogd[2317]: rsyslogd: action
'action-7-ommysql' (module 'ommysql') message lost, could not be
processed. Check for additional error messages before this one.
[v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2218 ]

Best regards

Heinrich

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
rsyslog, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1060868@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (supplier of updated rsyslog package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:48:36 +0100
Source: rsyslog
Architecture: source
Version: 8.2402.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Closes: 1060868
Changes:
 rsyslog (8.2402.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version 8.2402.0
     - Fixes "rsyslog-mysql: Data too long for column 'FromHost'"
       (Closes: #1060868)
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