Given that `init` is seeded, it means systemd and journald will be present on the system and provide a syslog compatible interface on the local system. For a minimal system that is sufficient.
Please note that persistent logs have not been enabled in xenial, thus ideally such a change should only be made from the current devel releases and up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550566 Title: ubuntu-minimal should not throw in rsyslog anymore Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: the regular and used log is systemd-journald - and should be. So there is no reason for rsyslog in an normal installation. Maybe rsyslog should be degraded to a suggest. Cheers Alf ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-standard 1.348 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Fri Feb 26 23:52:28 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-24 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160222.2) SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1550566/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp