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From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] default logger
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:44:22
Message-Id: 20050927083956.GA29609@dmz.fungus
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] default logger by "Jan Kundrát"
1 On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:31:04AM +0200, Jan Kundrát wrote:
2 > our documentation [1] lists syslog-ng as the "default" system logger
3 > while current profiles uses metalog (except embedded, default-macos/ppc,
4 > default-darwin and sparc32). What should be changed, Handbook or profiles?
5
6 I think we should recommend syslog-ng over metalog, both in
7 documentation and in profiles, due to the fact that most software,
8 howtos and tutorials expect the system log to be located in
9 /var/log/messages
10
11 Sincerely,
12 Brix
13 --
14 Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
15 Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] default logger Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] default logger Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>