[Buildroot] [RFC PATCH 0/1] package/sysklogd: proposal to update default syslog.conf
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Mon Feb 1 08:04:31 UTC 2021
On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:58:26 +0100
Joachim Wiberg <troglobit at gmail.com> wrote:
> True, no point in having a local copy.
>
> My main question was if there was any specific reason to sticking with
> the old habits of only using /var/log/messages, as BusyBox syslogd does,
> or if every logging package is free to have its own defalts? Within
> reason, of course. I'm just a bit concerned with breaking peoples
> defaults, even though they can just provide their own.
>
> If it's OK to change for sysklogd, I can post a new patch that drops
> the locallay maintained .conf and instead installs the sysklogd one.
I don't have a strong opinion on what should be our default
configuration for sysklogd. Peter, do you have any comments ?
Thomas
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