On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:27:24AM -0400, Ding Yi Chen wrote: > And you want to do the system wide search and replace all the 3rd party programs, > scripts, and documents that mentioned /var/log/messages? http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%2Fvar%2Flog%2Fmessages Bam! Done! :) > Even if you do, you cannot change the exist tutorial, blog, and forums that > refer /var/log/messages. Sure. There's a change cost. > Image the following scenario: > Suppose a Fedora newbie (or linux newbie) encounters a problem, > most of the search results state: Check /var/log/messages > He/She will be very frustrated if he/she cannot find it. One suggestion I've heard is to write this line: Jan 1 00:00:00 localhost root: Run `journalctl` to see log data in /var/log/messages-compatible format But I'm not sure that's really a good idea. The plan calls for putting a README file in /var/log. -- Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
