Svante Signell, le Wed 02 Nov 2011 00:22:37 +0100, a écrit : > On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 23:05 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Svante Signell, le Mon 31 Oct 2011 19:42:34 +0100, a écrit : > > > What about creating a script dmesg doing similar to the following (save > > > for syntax errors) : > > > > > > if [ "$1" == "-s" ]; then > > > > Making the dmesg behavior change according to being passed -s or not > > would be even more convoluted, I really don't think we want to go that > > way. Either we manage to provide a dmesg which behaves similarly to > > others, or we don't and tools have to cope with it. apt could use > > /var/log/kern.log instead for instance. > > Exchanging the condition is a better alternative, see my next posting on > this issue.
Err, no, it just inverts the convolution :) > In reality, who has the time to write a proper dmesg command for > GNU/Hurd? Whoever believes it's important. It does not necessarily matter whether it happens now or in 10 years. > So you think requesting a patch for apt in experimental is considered > a better alternative, knowing the delays of Debian maintainers. I believe so. > Or are you thinking upstream? Upstream would eventually need a dmesg too. It's however not a simple thing to ship, considering the "eat" nature of /dev/klog. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
