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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:04:36 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        void <float@firedrake.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: syslogd and kqueue
Message-ID:  <20011026200436.A61058@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011026233957.A9925@parhelion.firedrake.org>; from float@firedrake.org on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:39:57PM %2B0100
References:  <20011026233957.A9925@parhelion.firedrake.org>

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:39:57PM +0100, void wrote:
> If syslogd used the kqueue interface, I believe it could open a new log
> file as soon as it was created, rather than waiting to receive a signal.
> Would this be worth doing, or would it be too big a divergence from the
> traditional behavior?

I assume you mean "as soon as the configuration file is modified"?
That would be a big violation of POLA.

Kris

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