Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:13:31 -0400 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net>, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers List <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/newsyslog newsyslog.8 newsyslog.c Message-ID: <p06110408bd87beb5d75b@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <1096943605.1096.26.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <200410042335.i94NZDaL098088@repoman.freebsd.org> <1096943605.1096.26.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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At 10:33 PM -0400 10/4/04, Christopher Nehren wrote: >On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 23:35 +0000, Brooks Davis wrote: >> brooks 2004-10-04 23:35:13 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> usr.sbin/newsyslog newsyslog.8 newsyslog.c >> Log: > > Add a new -d argument which is used to specify an alternate root > > for log files similar to DESTDIR in the BSD make process. This > > only affects log file paths not config file (-f) or archive > > directory (-a) paths. > >Excellent idea. This will cut down on a lot of verbosity in the >newsyslog.conf file. However, perhaps the accompanying patch is >a better implementation. It allows both relative and absolute path >names to be listed, ... I think your goal is very different from what Brooks wants to do. He is not trying to cut down any verbosity in the /etc/newsyslog.conf file, he is trying to make it possible to easily redirect the file. If I understand what you want to do, I would prefer to implement it in a different manner. >Also, while I'm here, is there any plan to port this to RELENG_5? I will MFC it if Brooks doesn't, but I do not think it needs to be done right now. I would prefer to wait until after 5.3-RELEASE is official. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
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