Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:01:37 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PACKAGESITE spam Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonhN8HfMRq--DBwuMe0UAZHc=2ONAE3SRJHMVtubsOk9g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20131221234926.GA61861@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20131221201026.GB1730@glenbarber.us> <20131221201403.GB60827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312211450130.5630@badger.tharned.org> <20131221210553.GA61158@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B60727.8090001@bluerosetech.com> <20131221213959.GA61238@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20131221221439.GA59524@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <201312212329.rBLNTHL3051604@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <20131221234411.GC61672@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20131221234701.GF1730@glenbarber.us> <20131221234926.GA61861@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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The point is that some people like an audit trail. The audit trail for some people involves remote logging of syslog messages to a log host. This would include when packages are installed. -adrian On 21 December 2013 15:49, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 06:47:01PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 03:44:11PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: >> > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 06:29:17PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: >> > > In article <20131221230448.GA61511@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, >> > > Steve Kargl writes: >> > > >> > > >Other than the noise in /var/log/message, what does this provide >> > > >that 'pkg info' doesn't! >> > > >> > > A record of when packages were installed and removed. >> > > >> > >> > The date/time a package is installed should be recorded >> > in the pkg database and be available with 'pkg info -f'. >> > Of course, it appeat that this information s not properly >> > recorded. >> > >> >> Because databases are never corruptible? >> > > /var/log/message never gets corrupted? > > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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