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author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2019-07-04 10:10:24 +0200 |
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committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2019-07-04 10:16:48 +0200 |
commit | 29c7680ec961d3419c285d9f8bec36e8fafce257 (patch) | |
tree | ae560ca257745c86f7107571e5b355791d01adb1 /docs/var-log | |
parent | 6ed5ef9819c143b65a9f92c63b65d66feac59506 (diff) | |
download | systemd-29c7680ec961d3419c285d9f8bec36e8fafce257.tar.gz |
meson: drop varlogdir variable
It was only used for exactly one thing: to substitute in the text in
/var/log/README. But it's use there was completely wrong, because the text
talks about "missing" log files from syslog, so even if we configured systemd
to log to a different directory, the "missing" log files would still be
"missing" from the old location.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/var-log')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/var-log/README | 25 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/var-log/README.in | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/var-log/meson.build | 9 |
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/docs/var-log/README b/docs/var-log/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5c6c5924b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/var-log/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +You are looking for the traditional text log files in /var/log, and they are +gone? + +Here's an explanation on what's going on: + +You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional syslog has been replaced +with the Journal. The journal stores the same (and more) information as classic +syslog. To make use of the journal and access the collected log data simply +invoke "journalctl", which will output the logs in the identical text-based +format the syslog files in /var/log used to be. For further details, please +refer to journalctl(1). + +Alternatively, consider installing one of the traditional syslog +implementations available for your distribution, which will generate the +classic log files for you. Syslog implementations such as syslog-ng or rsyslog +may be installed side-by-side with the journal and will continue to function +the way they always did. + +Thank you! + +Further reading: + man:journalctl(1) + man:systemd-journald.service(8) + man:journald.conf(5) + http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-journal.html diff --git a/docs/var-log/README.in b/docs/var-log/README.in deleted file mode 100644 index 2e64fb196a..0000000000 --- a/docs/var-log/README.in +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -You are looking for the traditional text log files in @VARLOGDIR@, and -they are gone? - -Here's an explanation on what's going on: - -You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional syslog has been -replaced with the Journal. The journal stores the same (and more) -information as classic syslog. To make use of the journal and access -the collected log data simply invoke "journalctl", which will output -the logs in the identical text-based format the syslog files in -@VARLOGDIR@ used to be. For further details, please refer to -journalctl(1). - -Alternatively, consider installing one of the traditional syslog -implementations available for your distribution, which will generate -the classic log files for you. Syslog implementations such as -syslog-ng or rsyslog may be installed side-by-side with the journal -and will continue to function the way they always did. - -Thank you! - -Further reading: - man:journalctl(1) - man:systemd-journald.service(8) - man:journald.conf(5) - http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-journal.html diff --git a/docs/var-log/meson.build b/docs/var-log/meson.build index 993eb31d67..81b7865438 100644 --- a/docs/var-log/meson.build +++ b/docs/var-log/meson.build @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -file = configure_file( - input : 'README.in', - output : 'README', - configuration : substs) - if conf.get('HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT') == 1 and get_option('create-log-dirs') - install_data(file, - install_dir : varlogdir) + install_data('README', + install_dir : '/var/log') endif |