rsyslog is in F8

Manuel Wolfshant wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro
Wed Jul 18 13:55:49 UTC 2007


Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 14:27 +0300, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>   
>> Peter Vrabec wrote:
>>     
>>>> I'd say that since sysklogd is erased, rsylogd should be automatically
>>>> enabled and started. Yes, I know the packaging recommendations, but I
>>>> think that in this case an exception should be accepted.
>>>>         
>>> I agree, but I don't know any nice and secure way we can do it. 
>>>       
>> shipping an /etc/init.d/rsyslog with default options set to enabled + 
>> service rsyslog start in %post is not OK ?
>>     
>
> Starting a service in %post is not in at all okay.  It can cause all
> sorts of havoc when installing systems, creating live images, init'ing
> chroots for building in, ...
>   
Generally speaking, yes. But in this case we are speaking about 
sysklogd's replacement. And sysklogd IS (was..) already enabled by default.

    manuel




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