Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/32420: syslogd accumulates "repeated" messages when piping to programs when the program may want to take immediate action Message-ID: <200201291850.g0TIo2Z43038@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/32420; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/32420: syslogd accumulates "repeated" messages when piping to programs when the program may want to take immediate action Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:44:04 -0800 (PST) Sheldon Hearn writes: > > Here's a candidate patch. > > Hi Archie, > > Sorry to come in late like this, but you moved pretty quickly on this > one. :-) > > Your patch provides an all or nothing solution. What about systems that > have syslogd pipe recipients, some of which are programmed to deal with > aggregated messages and some of which are not? > > Wouldn't it be better to extend the ssylog.conf language so that the > operator can choose _which_ pipe recipients should receive unaggregated > messages? Yes :-) __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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