Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:27:05 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Jeffrey D. Wheelhouse" <jdw_list@wwwi.com> Cc: <RivaW@gmx.de>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Circular log patches for syslog Message-ID: <15312.39593.445092.171109@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLFMIMDJFEFKJLLCCGECLCEAA.jdw_list@wwwi.com> References: <20011019110440.A4344@pc04.ipc-kallmuenz.de> <NCBBLFMIMDJFEFKJLLCCGECLCEAA.jdw_list@wwwi.com>
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Jeffrey D. Wheelhouse <jdw_list@wwwi.com> types: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Wullinger [mailto:wullinger@ipc-fabautomation.com] > > Subject: Re: Circular log patches for syslog > > > > Just to spoil the thread: > > > > Shouldn't things like this be available as additional package, > > so that the base system supplies only "bas(e)ic functionality > > an everything else should be available as packages only? > > I would certainly be glad if these patches were incorporated into FreeBSD > proper, just to eliminate the need to track future changes to syslogd and > produce new (possibly buggy) patches. However, it is not clear that this > feature is of wide enough usefulness to warrant that. > > Since it requires both a patch to an existing system utility and a new > utility, it doesn't fit the package metaphor very well either. I almost commented on this one earlier - there's a utility in ports called "flog" which I use to avoid your general problem - that of running out of space on the logging device. It's not as nice a solution as you've got, though, so I skipped it. However, there are lots of system utilities that have replacements in the ports tree. In particular, there are at least two syslog daemons, one of which - msyslog - supports modules for input and output processing. Possibly this functionality could be done as an output module for msyslog, and that bundled as a port. Or even given back to the msyslog project. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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