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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:37:26
Message-Id: 50D77950.6060901@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information by Brian Dolbec
1 On 12/23/2012 08:35 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote:
2 > On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 08:58 -0500, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote:
3 >> On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +0000, Markos Chandras wrote:
4 >>> But like I said, elog messages are already saved in
5 >>> /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf so people can
6 >>> read these. Isn't this the same with what you suggest?
7 >>
8 >> Is that by default? And when was that default added?
9 >>
10 >> I certainly do not have /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf on my machine
11 >> (using portage-2.2.0_alpha149), and in fact have never heard of this log
12 >> file before your email.
13 >>
14 >>
15 >
16 > No, they are not saved there by default. They must be enabled.
17
18 /var/log/portage/elog/summary.log is enabled by default though, and
19 portage installs /etc/logrotate.d/elog-save-summary to manage it.
20 --
21 Thanks,
22 Zac

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