On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:15:16PM +0100, Sebastien J. Gross wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-11-02
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : metalog
> Version : 0.7beta
> Upstream Author : Frank Denis "Jedi/Sector One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * URL : http://metalog.sourceforge.net
> * License : GPL
> Description : Modern login daemon
>
> Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged
> messages can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency,
> program name and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files
> can be automatically rotated when they exceed a certain size or
> age. External shell scripts (e.g., mail) can be launched when
> specific patterns are found. Metalog is easier to configure than
> syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlimited number of rules and has
> (switchable) memory bufferization for maximal performance.
Is that the thing they use on Gentoo that forces you to killall -HUP
metalog every time you want to look at current logs?
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