Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 09:29:51 -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: <E6B91EBC-7E7B-4A0B-9807-506A786EDC45@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201705131537.v4DFbgWV045290@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201705131537.v4DFbgWV045290@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On May 13, 2017, at 08:37, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>= wrote: >> 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? - My employer doesn't use puppet on its appliances. - Files snapshotted in time bitrot (which was the case with our configs, whi= ch is part of the reason behind this change. - It's really easy to screw up a mergemaster call if you edit the files, and= install the stock version which removes the edits. Thanks, -Ngie=
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