From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.19] helo=mailout06.sul.t-online.de) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15LQqY-0001DN-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 08:56:42 -0600 Received: from fwd02.sul.t-online.de by mailout06.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 15LQpS-0006zZ-08; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:55:34 +0200 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.151]) by fwd02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 15LQpK-1tQhv6C; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:55:26 +0200 Received: (qmail 29750 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jul 2001 17:39:06 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gentoo.org) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 14 Jul 2001 17:39:06 -0000 Message-ID: <3B504B10.7D34D663@gentoo.org> From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] why multilog? References: <20010711185657.15a99a71.blocke@shivan.org> <20010711210516.A16705@gemini.thehutt.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Jul 14 08:57:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:37:20 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: ffc296e2-e67e-4486-8ae3-1087a754a099 X-Archives-Hash: ba936f57e740ab868e843063f0c41435 "Jerry A!" wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:56:57PM -0500, Bruce A. Locke wrote: > : > : I've been playing around with the daemon tools package recently. > : Supervise is nice and would be handy in a server setting but I can't > : figure out why anyone would want multilog over a syslog or syslog > : replacement. The resulting log files have to be filtered to be readable, > : they are _not_ being put into /var/log with the syslog.d stuff, etc, the > : filenames are not very human readable, there are multiple processes > : involved (including the gluelog hack). Seems like I'm loosing ease of > : use, the ability to forward logs, a standard log location, etc in exchange > : for a poorly documented monstrocity :) What is the advantages of > : multilog? Perhaps I'm missing something :) > > Actually, check out http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/multilog.html. You can > figure out how to accomplish what you're for (log sizes/rotation/etc.) > > As for the /var/log/syslog.d/current, just make that a symbolic link to > /var/log/syslog. > > Multilog is part of a package for daemonizing programs. However, it's > designed to not choke and not beat up on the system like syslog. > Likewiese, it makes every effort to ensure that no data is lost. Oh, > and it's much more lightweight than syslogd/klogd. It's a good program. > > Having said that, I'll be honest, I don't like it. It's a preference > thing, not a technical issue. I'd recommend app-admin/metalog (and not > just because I put it in the tree). > > Reply to this message if you need step-by-step instructions and I'll > post them later tonight (leaving in a coupla minutes--don't have time > right now). > > : Would it be possible to get a syslog USE keyword or equiv and have the > : supervise run scripts we create have support for it? That way if the use > : keyword is set then people can use syslog or a syslog replacement like > : syslog-ng and people who happen to like multilog can continue using it. > > Achim? Yep, good idea, I switched back to syslog too. achim~ > > --Jerry > > name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a > phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... > email: jerry@thehutt.org || ...It's much more important > || than that! > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org > http://cvs.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev