From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 12 11:18:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07575 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:18:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07514 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:18:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA111402283; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:24:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:24:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: Dom Mitchell Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , Igor Roshchin , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd and syslog.conf In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Dom Mitchell wrote: > There is a *lot* of stuff in FreeBSD that is better than the > ``standard unix'' equivalent. I for one would be happy to see > syslogd fixed in this manner. Particularly as the proposed added > functionality is totally backwards compatible within FreeBSD. > Provided that we note the addition well in the release notes & man > pages, I feel that this change should go ahead. Agreed. No one's syslog.conf will be broken by this change, and it will only make the program more userfriendly. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message