Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:00:53 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to deal with /var/log Message-ID: <20010519160052.L1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010519235639.B885@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:56:40PM %2B0300 References: <20010518171647.A3528@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <20010518103850.W26877@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> <20010519235639.B885@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 11:56:40PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Just another datapoint: IMNSHO, log files should NOT be removed > automatically when deinstalling a package/port. Consider the case > of a port being upgraded on a production server - well, call me > paranoid, but I would certainly like to keep my logfiles across > the upgrade :) (just think about statistics and pretty, colorful > pie-charts and bargraphs for the marketing dudes.. eeewwww ;) Yes, that is your HO, and not everyone has the same attitude about how packages should handle log files. Which is why I say we don't have the proper mechanisms to handle this kind of thing. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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