Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:28:37 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>, Garance A Drosehn <gad@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newsyslog(8) patch for both size and time checks Message-ID: <200905161528.37502.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <p06240804c632166c0de5@[128.113.24.47]> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905121354450.1756@woozle.rinet.ru> <200905132157.14906.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <p06240804c632166c0de5@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Thursday 14 May 2009 20:48:55 Garance A Drosehn wrote: > At 9:57 PM +0200 5/13/09, Mel Flynn wrote: > >On Wednesday 13 May 2009 00:29:36 Tim Kientzle wrote: > >> If compatibility is essential, perhaps we could > >> add a new flag to control this behavior. (I would > >> argue for changing the default and providing a flag > >> to obtain the old behavior.) > > > >Fine on the flag, maybe mergemaster could be a little more assisting in > > this case, since I'm not looking forward to "just adding a flag". Like > > mergemaster -p could auto-upgrade the lines that have both columns with > > values? > > Somewhere on one of my machines, I started on a update which made > it pay attention to multiple lines, and "or" those. So: > > /var/log/dhcpd 640 5 5000 * JC > /var/log/dhcpd " " * @T00 JC > > would mean "rotate if either condition is true". My thinking was > that I might also like to: > > /var/log/dhcpd 640 5 1000 @T00 JC > /var/log/dhcpd " " 5000 * JC > > That would say that I *generally* prefer that the log is rotated at > midnight, but if something goes wild during the day then let's start > rotating them faster. Thanks for your work on this. This looks like the best solution to me and clear to read. -- Mel
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