On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 08:34:43PM -0600, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > Greetings, All: > > I have a bug 1083039 where basically an application logs everything > to syslog making a mess out of /var/log/messages. The logging facility > is configurable and the default is local0. > > I'm toying with an idea of doing something like this in %post > sed -e "s/cron.none[ \t]*\/var\/log\/messages/cron.none;local0.none\t\/var\/log\/messages/" -i- /etc/rsyslog.conf > > However, I have a feeling that such action is ill-advised. > For example, what does happen if the package is uninstalled and > some other package logs to local0? Or what if we ever move to > a different package as part of JournalD etc. > > Does anyone have a better idea off the top of his/her head? > Can you separate out this application to its own rsyslogd service file and put it in /etc/rsyslog.d/? That way you would have complete control over the file and can fill it out whatever way you want. Neil > Thanks in advance, > -- Pete > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
