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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2019-11-27 19:24:44 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2019-11-28 14:33:31 +0100
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man: don't claim journalctl would still use signals
It's using the varlink interface these days.
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diff --git a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
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+++ b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
@@ -136,36 +136,30 @@ systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal</programlisting>
<varlistentry>
<term>SIGUSR1</term>
- <listitem><para>Request that journal data from
- <filename>/run/</filename> is flushed to
- <filename>/var/</filename> in order to make it persistent (if
- this is enabled). This must be used after
- <filename>/var/</filename> is mounted, as otherwise log data
- from <filename>/run</filename> is never flushed to
- <filename>/var</filename> regardless of the configuration. The
- <command>journalctl --flush</command> command uses this signal
- to request flushing of the journal files, and then waits for
+ <listitem><para>Request that journal data from <filename>/run/</filename> is flushed to
+ <filename>/var/</filename> in order to make it persistent (if this is enabled). This must be used
+ after <filename>/var/</filename> is mounted, as otherwise log data from <filename>/run</filename> is
+ never flushed to <filename>/var</filename> regardless of the configuration. Use the
+ <command>journalctl --flush</command> command to request flushing of the journal files, and wait for
the operation to complete. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SIGUSR2</term>
- <listitem><para>Request immediate rotation of the journal
- files. The <command>journalctl --rotate</command> command uses
- this signal to request journal file
- rotation.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Request immediate rotation of the journal files. Use the <command>journalctl
+ --rotate</command> command to request journal file rotation, and wait for the operation to
+ complete.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SIGRTMIN+1</term>
- <listitem><para>Request that all unwritten log data is written
- to disk. The <command>journalctl --sync</command> command uses
- this signal to trigger journal synchronization, and then waits
- for the operation to complete.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Request that all unwritten log data is written to disk. Use the <command>journalctl
+ --sync</command> command to trigger journal synchronization, and wait for the operation to
+ complete.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>