Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 09:32:36 -0700 From: Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: Ngie Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org>, 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: <E92037DB-3739-4BA9-BC96-A50855F19B04@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E6B91EBC-7E7B-4A0B-9807-506A786EDC45@gmail.com> References: <201705131537.v4DFbgWV045290@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <E6B91EBC-7E7B-4A0B-9807-506A786EDC45@gmail.com>
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> On May 13, 2017, at 09:29, Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > On May 13, 2017, at 08:37, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.ne= t> wrote: >=20 >>> Author: ngie >>> Date: Sat May 13 03:10:50 2017 >>> New Revision: 318250 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318250 >>>=20 >>> Log: >>> Handle the logfiles in newsyslog and syslogd conditionally, based on >>> src.conf(5) knobs >>>=20 >>> This will allow consumers of FreeBSD to use the unmodified configuration= >>> files out of the box more than previously. >>=20 >> 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? >=20 > - My employer doesn't use puppet on its appliances. > - Files snapshotted in time bitrot (which was the case with our configs, w= hich is part of the reason behind this change. > - It's really easy to screw up a mergemaster call if you edit the files, a= nd install the stock version which removes the edits. Also, programmatically removing the entries means you have to bake the metad= ata into etc/Makefile, which is already complicated enough as-is. Thanks, -Ngie=
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