macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mergeloglocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install mergelog with Homebrew, apt
Merges httpd logs from web servers behind round-robin DNS. Version 4.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install mergelog.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Ubuntu aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mergelogUbuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · mergelog · source: archive.ubuntu.com
overview
Package summary
Merges httpd logs from web servers behind round-robin DNS
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mergelog
- zmergelog
history
Project history and usage
MergeLog is a small C utility from the early 2000s Unix web-server toolkit era. Its SourceForge page describes a narrow operational purpose: merge httpd access logs in Common Log Format by date when a site is served by multiple web servers behind round-robin DNS. The page identifies Bertrand Demiddelaer and lists mergelog 4.5, dated 11 April 2001, as the stable release.
How it is used
The package is intentionally specialized. It ships `mergelog` plus `zmergelog` for gzipped log files, and its practical role is pre-analysis log consolidation: administrators feed it several Apache/httpd log streams and receive one chronological stream that downstream log analyzers can consume. Homebrew and Ubuntu packaging preserve it as a small legacy sysadmin command rather than a general observability platform.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:http,server
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mergelog | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
zmergelog | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version4.5
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mergelog |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://mergelog.sourceforge.net/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Ubuntu apt95%
mergelog 4.5.1-10
utility that merges httpd log files by date
http://mergelog.sourceforge.net/
sudo apt install mergelog- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mergelog
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation