syslog-ng: bind localhost source with ip-freebind#30045
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The network_localhost source binds ::1 or 127.0.0.1 on port 514... but this bind fails with EADDRNOTAVAIL when syslog-ng starts early in boot before netifd has brought lo up and assigned its addresses. This results in the entire syslog-ng instance exiting out with code 2 so no logging. Add ip-freebind(yes) so the socket can bind before the loopback address exists and starts receiving once it appears. This change only affects the early-boot race, once lo is up, the behavior is unchanged. Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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The network_localhost source binds ::1 or 127.0.0.1 on port 514... but this bind fails with EADDRNOTAVAIL when syslog-ng starts early in boot before netifd has brought lo up and assigned its addresses. This results in the entire syslog-ng instance exiting out with code 2 so no logging.
Add ip-freebind(yes) so the socket can bind before the loopback address exists and starts receiving once it appears. This change only affects the early-boot race, once lo is up, the behavior is unchanged.
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