On Sat, 2017-05-13 at 08:37 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > Author: ngie > > Date: Sat May 13 03:10:50 2017 > > New Revision: 318250 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318250 > > > > Log: > > Handle the logfiles in newsyslog and syslogd conditionally, based on > > src.conf(5) knobs > > > > This will allow consumers of FreeBSD to use the unmodified configuration > > files out of the box more than previously. > What about simply generating proper newsyslog.conf and syslog.conf based > on the the MK_ values rather than change the visible administration > interface that has finger memory, ansible, and puppet support? >
The evolution for years has been away from monolithic config files containing a mashup of values for unrelated subsystems and towards .conf.d directories containing many single-subject files. The monolithic files are difficult to edit and otherwise manage programmatically, and especially difficult to manage in terms of software packaging and software updates. -- Ian _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
