Subject: Re: logging rc.d output [Re: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT number of lines adjustment.]
To: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/26/2005 16:15:14
On 2005.07.26 16:14:26 +0000, Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
| On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:58:29 +0200
| Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org> wrote:
| 
| > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:14:23PM -0400, Andreas Wrede wrote:
| > > The attached patch for rc "fixes" that issue by logging rc script
| > > output to a file on a tmpfs and the saving it to /var/log.
| > 
| > you assume that mfs support is available, that's not always the case.
| > neither is 10MB of RAM.
| 
| Greetings!
| 
| This topic (rc.d output logging) already has been discussed about a
| year ago. All related information and pointers to tech-userlevel@
| threads, as well as proposed patch are consolidated at bin/27393:
| 
| 	http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=27393

Hmm, I wouldn't mind if we could follow the FreeBSD way and add support
for the LOG_CONSOLE facility under syslog(3). Of course, something like
that should be off by default.

		-- Rui Paulo