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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
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	Thomas Quinot <thomas@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications)
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On (2003/02/12 09:59), Nik Clayton wrote:

> > It's about that time of year again when someone points out that
> > syslogd(8) is just begging for an alternative configuration file,
> > syslog.xml. :-)
> > 
> > And then it'll be time for someone to point out that such notions are
> > nothing more than fancy because we don't have XML support in the base
> > syst...
> > 
> > Oh dear.
> 
> GEOM.

Surely you don't mean to suggest that libbsdxml could be used to provide
configuration files that are flexible, extensible, readable and
machine-parsable? ;-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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