Public bug reported: I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev and I'm noticing things logged to /var/log/upstart which may not be intended in this way. After deleting all logs and making a reboot I'm getting these things:
alsa-state.log with "alsa-state stop/pre-start, process 1063" and container-detect.log with "container-detect stop/pre-start, process 278". I'm not sure why a stop/pre-start event is logged as it is very common and doesn't provide very useful information. console-setup.log with "Loading /etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz". Maybe this could be intended but I'm not so sure about this too. cryptdisks.log with " ...done.". This log is incomplete and it looks the missing part is in /var/log/boot.log with " * cryptswap1 (starting).." and " * cryptswap1 (started)... [210G * Starting early crypto disks... [210G ". Maybe all content of /var/log/upstart/cryptdisks.log should go into /var/log/boot.log. mountall.log with "fsck von util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: sauber, 205747/9199616 Dateien, 16090003/36781311 Blöcke". This looks more useful but I'm wondering if this shouldn't go better into /var/log/boot.log too. procps-static-network-up.log and procps-virtual-filesystems.log with "kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7 net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr = 2 net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr = 2 kernel.kptr_restrict = 1 fs.protected_hardlinks = 1 fs.protected_symlinks = 1 kernel.sysrq = 176 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 1 vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536 kernel.pid_max = 4194303 vm.dirty_background_bytes = 16777216 vm.dirty_bytes = 16777216 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 0 vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 0 vm.laptop_mode = 1 vm.swappiness = 0 net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl = 255 net.ipv4.tcp_low_latency = 1" It looks not intended that the same sysctl options are logged in 2 different files. Maybe it is even not intended to create any of these both logs. ** Affects: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: cryptsetup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: mountall (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: procps (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cryptsetup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: mountall (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: procps (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318535 Title: Content logged to /var/log/upstart Status in “alsa-utils” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “cryptsetup” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev and I'm noticing things logged to /var/log/upstart which may not be intended in this way. After deleting all logs and making a reboot I'm getting these things: alsa-state.log with "alsa-state stop/pre-start, process 1063" and container-detect.log with "container-detect stop/pre-start, process 278". I'm not sure why a stop/pre-start event is logged as it is very common and doesn't provide very useful information. console-setup.log with "Loading /etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz". Maybe this could be intended but I'm not so sure about this too. cryptdisks.log with " ...done.". This log is incomplete and it looks the missing part is in /var/log/boot.log with " * cryptswap1 (starting).." and " * cryptswap1 (started)... [210G * Starting early crypto disks... [210G ". Maybe all content of /var/log/upstart/cryptdisks.log should go into /var/log/boot.log. mountall.log with "fsck von util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: sauber, 205747/9199616 Dateien, 16090003/36781311 Blöcke". This looks more useful but I'm wondering if this shouldn't go better into /var/log/boot.log too. procps-static-network-up.log and procps-virtual-filesystems.log with "kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7 net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr = 2 net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr = 2 kernel.kptr_restrict = 1 fs.protected_hardlinks = 1 fs.protected_symlinks = 1 kernel.sysrq = 176 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 1 vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536 kernel.pid_max = 4194303 vm.dirty_background_bytes = 16777216 vm.dirty_bytes = 16777216 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 0 vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 0 vm.laptop_mode = 1 vm.swappiness = 0 net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl = 255 net.ipv4.tcp_low_latency = 1" It looks not intended that the same sysctl options are logged in 2 different files. Maybe it is even not intended to create any of these both logs. 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