From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 25 7:41:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD10937B4C5; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:41:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA02819; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:41:03 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda02817; Sat Nov 25 07:40:56 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAPFepI56547; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:40:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdx56544; Sat Nov 25 07:40:05 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAPFe4N00849; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:40:04 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011251540.eAPFe4N00849@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdPDY837; Sat Nov 25 07:39:33 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: /dev/console -> /var/log/messages idea/patch In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:40:41 +0100." <1050.974925641@critter> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:39:33 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <1050.974925641@critter>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > > The attached patch is a "proof-of-concept" on which I would like > to get some comments: > > It bugs me big time that the output from /etc/rc and all other output > to /dev/console is volatile and lost once it scrolls of your console. It's a no-brainer. Let's do it. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message