Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:48:05 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> Cc: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp log file Message-ID: <199703132148.VAA04996@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:01:21 %2B0100." <3.0.32.19970313180119.00b53590@dimaga.com>
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> At 02:58 PM 3/13/97 +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> >Yep, in practice, ppp doesn't use syslog() ! I've just commited
> >a change to -current that traps SIGHUP with a "re-open the logfile"
> >routine. I don't yet know if it'll make 2.2-RELEASE.
>
> IMHO, this is the wrong change - it doesn't look like it should be that
> much work to convert ppp to use syslog, which would give us much more
> practial logging, and simplify ppp at the same time (the log level stuff
> could be taken care of by syslog).
>
> If you (and everybody else) agree, I'll do it as soon as I've finished and
> sent over the other patches.
I don't have any problems with using syslog(). I considered it, but then
decided that the -HUP thing would be quicker (and may reach 2.2).
I'll wait for your patches before doing anything else to ppp (my last
mod for the moment is the -HUP doc change - forgot it the first time
round).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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