[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 1/4] busybox: rewrite logging init script

Carlos Santos casantos at datacom.com.br
Wed Nov 7 00:31:14 UTC 2018


> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle" <arnout at mind.be>
> To: "Matthew Weber" <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>, "DATACOM" <casantos at datacom.com.br>
> Cc: "ratbert90" <aduskett at gmail.com>, "buildroot" <buildroot at buildroot.org>
> Sent: Terça-feira, 6 de novembro de 2018 22:14:42
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v4 1/4] busybox: rewrite logging init script

> On 05/11/18 14:57, Matthew Weber wrote:
> 
>> I can see this naming change will cause a number of people to end up
>> debugging their targets as a custom S01logging will be copied over and
>> then the installs of the new files with different names below.  Is
>> there any thoughts on making this a visible or obvious change so users
>> don't get caught up?
> 
> The best we can doe is to mention it in the release notes.
> 
> [snip]
>> What's the impact of someone restarting syslogd without stoping klogd first?
> 
> That shouldn't affect klogd, as far as I understand, because klogd uses
> standard syslog().

In the case of a restart the klog messages (all syslog() calls, in fact)
will be sent to the system console for a short period.

-- 
Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
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that only the ignorant can have.” — Epitaph of a volunteer


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