[Buildroot] [RFC PATCH 0/1] package/sysklogd: proposal to update default syslog.conf

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Sun Jan 31 22:13:46 UTC 2021


On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:52:02 +0100
Joachim Wiberg <troglobit at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm posting this as an RFC patch to see what you think about updating
> the default syslog.conf for the sysklogd package to match upstream.
> 
> The updated file changes the default log file from messages to syslog,
> as is common on most modern systems today.  The messages remains but
> only for less critical messages.  The update also adds more examples
> for how to enable remote logging as well as different new log formats.

Well, if the syslog.conf that we have in package/sysklogd/ is exactly
the one contained in the sysklogd sources, then what is the point of
having a copy in package/sysklogd/ ? We could just as well install the
configuration file provided by upstream.

Thomas
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