Hi, > "Rainer Gerhards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 > 11:04:33 +0100: > > > Do you think it would be acceptable to not emit messages in this case, > > slightly breaking backward compatibility? Or should I come up with a > > solution. The later would probably require a specific option setting > > to disable the -m option and its default (somehow telling "I am not > > running in v2 compatibility mode"). > > This makes me think about sysklogd compatibility. How about the > following: If there's no rsyslog.conf but a syslog.conf then rsyslogd > could go to v2/sysklogd-compatibility mode. If not, it should run in > native mode. > This should improve compatibility in "drop-in replacement for stock > sysklogd" setups.
That's true, but I've also found developers are happy to cater for rsyslog through updates to their software. For example, I use drbdlinks (software for clusters) and when I introduced rsyslog into my environment I found drbdlinks incompatible with it. I put a workaround in place and at the same time emailed the drbdlinks developer, and he introduced rsyslog support into his code, provided an update to his software and mentioned me in the suggestion. Jamie Cameron of Webmin, Virtualmin and Virtualmin Pro is/has also introduced/introducing support for rsyslog into his products, since some Webmin functionality looks for the /etc/syslog.conf file to allow some functionality in the apps and will/now looks for /etc/rsyslog.conf also. I saw will/now since I have his confirmation it's on his Todo list from a few months back, but I haven't tested any updates from him since we spoke about it back then. The moral of this story is, for any software you use, ask the developers to add rsyslog support if things they develop only supports syslog. Regards, Michael. > Regards, > sur5r > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHaDjK1YAhDic+adYRArd6AJ9fXRZU1TnW4L/eKRSfcE3x/G/PMACfbDEF > GgU6vviKYQQofAeAJ9vEnDw= > =6u5b > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
