From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Syslog produces no log (just for me?) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:03:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87sicnx5m9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87twx5qmpm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48051) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcDoq-0006KH-MK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:04:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcDon-0000CQ-D5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:04:04 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55325) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YcDon-0000CM-AW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:04:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87twx5qmpm.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:24:21 +0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Kost skribis: > Hello, I noticed that my /var/log/messages (and other log files and > tty12) were not filled anymore. I found that the problem is in > "syslog.conf": when the "rule" lines begin with spaces, they are > ignored, so I'm attaching a patch to fix it.=C2=B9 > > The strange thing is it worked earlier (with the same config) and since > nobody noticed that before, I have a feeling that it might be the > problem on my computer. So I appreciate if someone confirms that the > problem really exists. If definitely works on my machine. Could it be that your in-store syslog.conf has actually been altered or something? Does syslogd print an error message in the console when it starts? > Also I think it would be good to allow a user to specify his own > configuration file for syslogd (a patch is also attached=C2=B2). WDYT? > From f66520181a65566b1f191583c3e1344c1af93ecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Alex Kost > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:42:23 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] services: syslog-service: Add 'config-file' argument. > > * gnu/services/base.scm (syslog-service): Add 'config-file' keyword > argument. > * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document it. Sure, please push! Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.