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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

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