Merge branch 'v4-stable' into v5-stable

ChangeLog

@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@ Version 4.7.0  [v4-devel] (rgerhards), 2010-04-14
 - imported changes from 4.5.6 and below
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 4.6.6  [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-11-??
+- bugfix: IPv6-address could not be specified in omrelp
+  this was due to improper parsing of ":"
+  closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250
 - bugfix: imfile potentially duplicates lines
   This can happen when 0 bytes are read from the input file, and some
   writer appends data to the file BEFORE we check if a rollover happens.

doc/omrelp.html

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ special "RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat" (case sensitive!) template is used.<br>
 # port 2514
 *.* :omrelp:centralserv:2514;RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat
 </textarea>
+Note: to use IPv6 addresses, encode them in [::1] format.
 <p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>]
 [<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p>
 <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the

plugins/omrelp/omrelp.c

@@ -251,8 +251,18 @@ CODE_STD_STRING_REQUESTparseSelectorAct(1)
 	/* extract the host first (we do a trick - we replace the ';' or ':' with a '\0')
 	 * now skip to port and then template name. rgerhards 2005-07-06
 	 */
-	for(q = p ; *p && *p != ';' && *p != ':' ; ++p)
-		/* JUST SKIP */;
+	if(*p == '[') { /* everything is hostname upto ']' */
+		++p; /* skip '[' */
+		for(q = p ; *p && *p != ']' ; ++p)
+			/* JUST SKIP */;
+		if(*p == ']') {
+			*p = '\0'; /* trick to obtain hostname (later)! */
+			++p; /* eat it */
+		}
+	} else { /* traditional view of hostname */
+		for(q = p ; *p && *p != ';' && *p != ':' && *p != '#' ; ++p)
+			/* JUST SKIP */;
+	}
 
 	pData->port = NULL;
 	if(*p == ':') { /* process port */