Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:20:34 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications) Message-ID: <3E4BC5D2.3BD12EF2@mindspring.com> References: <IPEDKJGCDFHOPEFKLIDHKEENCCAA.paul@iconoplex.co.uk> <200302131558.20627.wes@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > On Thursday 13 February 2003 12:05, Paul Robinson wrote: > > Oh, that's easy. What you do to keep two views of the same information > > consistent, is keep all the data in an SQL database, and then just > > software that pulls the information out into the two different formats, > > and pushes the data back in on changes! So, what we do is put all the > > config information into mySQL and insist it ships as standard on every > > box! :-) > > You'd be absolutely astonished at the number of embedded BSD systems that > have come to exactly this conclusion, only they were all smart enough to > choose PostgreSQL instead. Or gdbm (with appropriate hazmat suits) or something they rolled themselves, etc.. It's a common problem that the OS vendors are unwilling to address, such that it never has to be addressed again. --- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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