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Hi all,

I know this comes from upstream (and most likely from the rsyslog project itself), but what’s your opinion about Google Ads in system documentation files?

I find it rather disconcerting if there are commercial ads embedded in help texts I find on my open source servers.

Best regards,

Peter.

5 thoughts on - Google Ads In Rsyslog Documentation Files

  • Peter Eckel wrote:
    project itself), but what’s your opinion about Google Ads in system documentation files?
    /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_client
    = “pub-3204610807458280”;

    help texts I find on my open source servers.

    “Disconcerting” isn’t the word I would use. Completely unacceptable is what I’d say. I think it’s time to put in a bug report to upstream…. I
    need to check with my manager.

    I do note this is not the case in rsyslog on CentOS 7.

    mark

  • “obnoxious” would be the word I would use. I checked on one of my CentOS 6
    boxes, and it is there. I never had high opinion about google itself, but today RedHat fell in my eyes one notch down as well.

    Valeri

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    Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247
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  • Hi Mark,

    I’m not sure whether upstream is the right place to address this, but I’ll try. I just downloaded all versions of the rsyslog sources from rsyslog.com, and found ‘googlesyndication’ links in the following versions:

    rsyslog-4.8.0
    rsyslog-5.10.0
    rsyslog-5.10.1
    rsyslog-5.8.13
    rsyslog-6.6.0
    rsyslog-7.3.0
    rsyslog-7.3.1
    rsyslog-7.3.2
    rsyslog-7.3.3
    rsyslog-7.3.4
    rsyslog-7.3.5
    rsyslog-7.3.6
    rsyslog-7.3.7
    rsyslog-7.3.8
    rsyslog-7.3.9
    rsyslog-7.3.10
    rsyslog-7.3.11
    rsyslog-7.3.12
    rsyslog-7.4.0
    rsyslog-7.4.1
    rsyslog-7.4.2
    rsyslog-7.4.3
    rsyslog-7.4.4
    rsyslog-7.4.5
    rsyslog-7.4.6
    rsyslog-7.4.7
    rsyslog-7.4.8
    rsyslog-7.4.9
    rsyslog-7.4.10
    rsyslog-7.5.0
    rsyslog-7.5.1
    rsyslog-7.5.2
    rsyslog-7.5.3
    rsyslog-7.5.4
    rsyslog-7.5.5
    rsyslog-7.5.6

    Which means it’s gone in 8.x.x and in 7.x.x starting from 7.5.6. 4.x.x, 5.x.x and 6.x.x haven’t been cleaned ever.

    CASE 01544649 opened upstream.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

  • Hi Mark,

    if he agreed to you opening (or backing) the case that would be great. I just became aware that my developer account is not entitled to raising issues :-(

    I can send you the reply of RH offline if you want to handle this further.

    Pete.