On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 02:27:24AM -0400, Ding Yi Chen wrote:
And you want to do the system wide search and replace all the 3rd party programs, scripts, and documents that mentioned /var/log/messages?
http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%2Fvar%2Flog%2Fmessages
Bam! Done! :)
Even if you do, you cannot change the exist tutorial, blog, and forums that refer /var/log/messages.
Sure. There's a change cost.
Image the following scenario: Suppose a Fedora newbie (or linux newbie) encounters a problem, most of the search results state: Check /var/log/messages He/She will be very frustrated if he/she cannot find it.
One suggestion I've heard is to write this line:
Jan 1 00:00:00 localhost root: Run `journalctl` to see log data in /var/log/messages-compatible format
But I'm not sure that's really a good idea. The plan calls for putting a README file in /var/log.