[Buildroot] rsyslog plugin selection
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Wed Feb 8 21:10:51 UTC 2017
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
> The rsyslog package in Buildroot currently hardcodes the list of
> plugins to enable. These plugins define what types of input, output,
> parsing, etc. is supported, and is typically very application
> dependent.
> The current selection amounts to about 1 MB of rootfs, while the
> rsyslog daemon itself is only about half of that. By restricting the
> list of plugins to those a project actually needs, it is thus possible
> to reduce the size of the rootfs.
> Two questions arise:
> 1. should we use one config symbol with a string list, or separate
> config symbols for each plugin?
> 2. should we keep the current set as default, even if it contains less
> common options?
Separate config options are IMHO quite a lot more user friendly, so if
we are not talking about a LOT (20+) of options then that is what I
would prefer.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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