Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:08:10 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> Cc: dt71@gmx.com, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: PACKAGESITE spam Message-ID: <20131222140810.GD59524@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312220840400.1072@Ace.nina.org> References: <52B5DF8C.5050204@gmx.com> <20131221200538.GA60827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312220840400.1072@Ace.nina.org>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 09:00:42AM -0500, Frank Seltzer wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Dec 2013, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 07:35:56PM +0100, dt71@gmx.com wrote: > >> I've just installed a very recent -CURRENT, and now I'm performing a > >> big portupgrade procedure. I get the following message spammed a lot: > >> > >> pkg: PACKAGESITE in pkg.conf is deprecated. Please create a repository > >> configuration file > > > > Yeah, I noticed that spam along with the spam that is being > > spewed to /var/log/messaage, e.g., > > > > Dec 21 10:27:28 laptop-kargl pkg-static: libwpg-0.2.2 installed > > Dec 21 10:31:15 laptop-kargl pkg-static: libcdr-0.0.14 installed > > Dec 21 10:32:35 laptop-kargl pkg-static: openjpeg-1.5.0_2 installed > > Dec 21 10:38:33 laptop-kargl pkg-static: poppler-data-0.4.6 installed > > Dec 21 10:39:48 laptop-kargl pkg-static: poppler-0.22.2 installed > > Dec 21 10:40:32 laptop-kargl pkg-static: ilmbase-2.1.0 installed > > Dec 21 10:44:28 laptop-kargl pkg-static: OpenEXR-2.1.0_1 installed > > Dec 21 10:47:36 laptop-kargl pkg-static: vigra-1.9.0_4 installed > > Dec 21 10:51:00 laptop-kargl pkg-static: lp_solve-5.5.2.0 installed > > > > Can you (portmgr) please mute these messages? > > > > -- > > Steve > > This received several responses. > > Greg Rivers said: > > Do you really feel that strongly about it? Having a record of changes to > the system has always seemed like a feature to me... > > Baptiste Daroussin said: > > this has been done and activated for reason, first for lot of companies, > it is important (PCI DSS requirement for example), secondly I receive tons > of request to actiavte on by default while you are the first to request it > off by default > > Adrian Chadd said: > > The point is that some people like an audit trail. The audit trail for > some people involves remote logging of syslog messages to a log host. > This would include when packages are installed. > > My thought: > > Then why can't the messages about installed ports have it's own log file > rather than /var/log/messages? > > As for this message: > > pkg: PACKAGESITE in pkg.conf is deprecated. Please create a repository > configuration file > > Glen Barber replied: > > echo 'SYSLOG: no' >> /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf > > And Shane Ambler: > > now we can turn it off which I don't think we could before. > > Me again: > > Where is this documented? > > /root # man pkg.conf > No manual entry for pkg.conf pkg.conf man pages comes with pkg itself, just bootstrap it and you will get the manpage :) regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlK28koACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzlbwCeKQWkojkuDXLcOKcl7LUnrKDu bPYAn1VXbGl6rJhKLTIarICvk/Zu1K8A =ckth -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20131222140810.GD59524>