Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 23:56:40 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to deal with /var/log Message-ID: <20010519235639.B885@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010518103850.W26877@casimir.physics.purdue.edu>; from will@physics.purdue.edu on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:38:50AM -0500 References: <20010518171647.A3528@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <20010518103850.W26877@casimir.physics.purdue.edu>
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On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 10:38:50AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 05:16:47PM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > How does one deal with /var/log when installing ports? I know that Apache > > writes to /var/log/httpd-access.log, but I don't think this file is removed > > after deinstalling Apache. > > > > In my quest of improving the Java ports for FreeBSD, I'm thinking about adding > > symlinks from /var/log to /usr/local/orion1.4.5/log/. > > > > My questions: > > > > [a] How is /var/log usually dealt with in ports? Or how *should* it be dealt > > with? > > > > [b] Is it allowed for a port to add files or symlinks in /var/log? > > > > [c] If so, then how do I specofy these files in my pkg-plist? > > /var/log is not touched by default. We don't have proper mechanisms to > allow system administrators to choose at package removal time. > > Please don't change files from their expected default (even if it is > just a symlink). Just another datapoint: IMNSHO, log files should NOT be removed automatically when deinstalling a package/port. Consider the case of a port being upgraded on a production server - well, call me paranoid, but I would certainly like to keep my logfiles across the upgrade :) (just think about statistics and pretty, colorful pie-charts and bargraphs for the marketing dudes.. eeewwww ;) G'luck, Peter -- I am not the subject of this sentence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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