On 07/17/2013 12:06 PM, Marc Deop i Argemà wrote:
On Wednesday 17 July 2013 03:20:42 Lennart Poettering wrote:
As mentioned before, if people run programs that require
/var/log/messages they should simply install rsyslog and be done with
it.
That terribly sounds like "my way or the high way".
Many people have raised concerns not only about having /var/log/messages in the base installation but about needing/wanting *simple text* logs by default as well.
I for one, advocate against having to use a (forced)tool to read log files.
So do I.
IMO, log files need to be readable without any special tools, because log files often are being read in cases of emergencies/breakdown (occasionally even from other OSes), when one can not rely on the tools being available or usable.
Even when you think it's better, many *do not*.
ACK-
Ralf