[Buildroot] [RFC PATCH 0/1] package/sysklogd: proposal to update default syslog.conf
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Feb 1 09:43:53 UTC 2021
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> writes:
> 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 ?
Not really. People can still use a custom configuration file in their
rootfs overlay, so I don't have a problem with changing the default
configuration to be more "normal", E.G. what upstream suggests.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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