From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 062DB1382C5 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:33:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14453E0907; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:33:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ip.v6.me.uk (mail.ip.v6.me.uk [82.219.9.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AA17E08F9 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:33:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=swsystem.co.uk; s=key1; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:From:References:To:Subject:Sender: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=OVjiTRvrkEsWQk2Y9Z2CebEA5D+o4o5E+1hWqX91uKU=; b=JZ7U+uCtdEgxt+6pHmi6+NrOTP Oyus5z7H1k4JjlhxFiTf5rR2NvCpOPF5Gj0KLsnCVStfrU5Ma/4ep5C3LhvnEJPeoVY0LupYcgcOu 7o+8SGhFPPZLCZ9WPw+OH2kFArrOaZp5xPTZwySq89+EMt66s/bq7q+Otw/XxKVIoUQ7S+PXgAeFW 7ratzG3Oltf2IqkDy+Kqe8KaNlwitUw9GA8AZum1jJqm+Z7PzPmgmIXnWcXYedMfvOESjfmCI6JU/ ZURUXRN2mwMOj6ot3k3QGRQ/BNdpiZ6kOHFhsue975xlZcKFbZcrIvXiCS7L5DywyKxKmDPikIOPA IUKmfjsA==; Received: from [2001:470:1f09:1057:ed9a:554d:4412:c2eb] by mail.ip.v6.me.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93.0.4) (envelope-from ) id 1kkbcr-0005be-04 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:33:33 +0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsyslog upstream have removed their template systemd service file To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <24512.46830.875762.815184@wylie.me.uk> From: Steve Wilson Message-ID: Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:33:25 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.5.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24512.46830.875762.815184@wylie.me.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-GB Received-SPF: pass (mail.ip.v6.me.uk: domain of swsystem.co.uk designates 2001:470:1f09:1057:ed9a:554d:4412:c2eb as permitted sender) client-ip=2001:470:1f09:1057:ed9a:554d:4412:c2eb; envelope-from=steve+gentoo_users@swsystem.co.uk; helo=[IPv6:2001:470:1f09:1057:ed9a:554d:4412:c2eb]; X-Date: 2020-12-02 23:33:33 X-Connected: 2001:470:1f09:1057:ed9a:554d:4412:c2eb:65127 X-Authenticated: steve@swsystem.co.uk X-Archives-Salt: 0758498d-be8b-4b79-b32e-92b8ad788a46 X-Archives-Hash: 45ad3b055f10eedc6dcc1244da2efd17 On 27/11/2020 08:21, Alan J. Wylie wrote: > After updating to rsyslog 8.2008.0, I discovered that the systemd > service file no longer existed. > > Upstream removed it from their tarball: > > - 2020-08-12: systemd service file removed from project > This was done as distros nowadays have very different service files and it no > longer is useful to provide a "generic" (sic) example. > see also: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/4333 > > Please could Gentoo add it back in? When I discovered the same I took the one from platform/redhat/centos* and dropped it into /etc/systemd/system to get up and running again. I did consider creating my own but decided to just keep an eye on future updates hoping it's there. * https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/master/platform/redhat/centos/rsyslog.service Steve. ps.Seems it's a small world, I believe I had the pleasure in taking over from you at a common previous employer using rock linux.