Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 10:24:20 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org, Ngie Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r318250 - in head: etc etc/newsyslog.conf.d etc/syslog.d tools/build/mk Message-ID: <1494692660.59865.85.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201705131537.v4DFbgWV045290@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201705131537.v4DFbgWV045290@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Sat, 2017-05-13 at 08:37 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > Author: ngie > > Date: Sat May 13 03:10:50 2017 > > New Revision: 318250 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318250 > > > > Log: > > Handle the logfiles in newsyslog and syslogd conditionally, based on > > src.conf(5) knobs > > > > This will allow consumers of FreeBSD to use the unmodified configuration > > files out of the box more than previously. > What about simply generating proper newsyslog.conf and syslog.conf based > on the the MK_ values rather than change the visible administration > interface that has finger memory, ansible, and puppet support? > The evolution for years has been away from monolithic config files containing a mashup of values for unrelated subsystems and towards .conf.d directories containing many single-subject files. The monolithic files are difficult to edit and otherwise manage programmatically, and especially difficult to manage in terms of software packaging and software updates. -- Ian
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