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Date:      Sun, 7 Jan 2018 23:05:44 -0500
From:      mykel@mWare.ca
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Make periodic's output log to files if sendmail is disabled on install
Message-ID:  <a5c844a7-feb3-f153-3c8e-f95fb69f05bb@mware.ca>

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1) if sendmail is disabled during installation, have periodic's output=20
logged to files (per example in=20
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?periodic(8) )

2) make this the default anyway (logging to files), arguably the vast=20
majority of systems' reporting is ignored :)
At least now it could be logrotated out!



[22:54.53]=C2=A0 <Myke> AllanJude: will you make the installer smart =
that if=20
the user disables sendmail, that periodic's output will be sent to=20
logfiles instead?
[22:55.17]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> not sure how doable that is
[22:57.20]=C2=A0 <Myke> AllanJude:=20
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?periodic(8) <-- see examples
[22:57.55]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> ohh
[22:57.57]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> ok then
[22:58.04]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> should be fairly easy to do then
[23:00.02]=C2=A0 <Myke> AllanJude: I'd argue logging periodic to files =
should=20
become the default since I'm willing to bet 99% of fBSD machines' output=20
is ignored.
[23:00.34]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> Myke: that is a reasonable idea for freebsd =
12
[23:00.42]=C2=A0 <Myke> :)
[23:00.55]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> want to email that to freebsd-current@freebs=
d.org
[23:00.57]=C2=A0 <AllanJude> and then i'll do it ;)




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