[Bug 1596723] [NEW] logger(1) continuously outputs same timestamp

[Jimmy Zelinskie]

Public bug reported:

As per the issue created on syslog-ng's GitHub repository:
https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/issues/1098

When content is piped to `logger`, every message gets the timestamp of
when the logger process started. This is a regression between 14.04 and
16.04. Previously, logger would report an individual timestamp per
message.

A workaround is to let syslog create the timestamp rather than logger.

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  logger(1) continuously outputs same timestamp

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As per the issue created on syslog-ng's GitHub repository:
  https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/issues/1098

  When content is piped to `logger`, every message gets the timestamp of
  when the logger process started. This is a regression between 14.04
  and 16.04. Previously, logger would report an individual timestamp per
  message.

  A workaround is to let syslog create the timestamp rather than logger.

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