Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:15:17 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications) Message-ID: <3E4BC495.E3A2FB66@mindspring.com> References: <IPEDKJGCDFHOPEFKLIDHKEENCCAA.paul@iconoplex.co.uk>
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Paul Robinson wrote: > On a more serious note, the only way this system would work completely is if > there were some trigger mechanism after editing the file. kqueue. But there are hard/soft service dependencies that arise out of file dependencies, and there's no notification for those, so you pretty much end up screwed. You *really* do not want to go around shooting "bind" in the head, like the "Life Magazine" cover shot of the Khymer Rouge; if you end up with a ton of dependencies, then you end up with a huge accumulated delay, any time there's a state change. It's no good. Cached Data Considered Harmful (and all that). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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