On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 02:19:30PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: > So, you suggest using "Requires: /var/log/messages" and "Provides: > /var/log/messages" as indication for this, and the %ghost > /var/log/messages in the packages in question? > Sounds good to me! Matthew? My main concern with this is that it's a lie. That file only exists because of the default configuration. In many cases, rsyslog will be configured to either write different files, or most likely, to write no local files at all as all data is forwarded. And, as discussed in another subthread, I expect this last configuration to be more and more common. So, not just a lie, but a lie which may actually make it harder to use rsyslog in ways other than the default. In an ideal view, it makes most sense to provide the rsyslog default configuration in a subpackage which puts the /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure conf files in /etc/rsyslog.d -- then, this subpackage would provide those files. Unfortunately, in order to preserve behavior on upgrade, the main package would have to depend on this, kind of making the distinction moot. -- Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
