Adding upstream version 8.2402.0+dfsg.upstream/8.2402.0+dfsg

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+***************
+exec_template()
+***************
+
+Purpose
+=======
+
+exec_template(str)
+
+Sets a variable through the execution of a template. Basically this permits to easily
+extract some part of a property and use it later as any other variable.
+
+**Read more about it here :** `<http://www.rsyslog.com/how-to-use-set-variable-and-exec_template>`_
+
+Example
+=======
+
+The following example shows the template being used to extract a part of the message.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   template(name="extract" type="string" string="%msg:F:5%")
+   set $!xyz = exec_template("extract");
+
+