Hi David, 2012/11/21 David Lang <[email protected]>
> These are all issues with the default config file. > > If you use an appropriate config file is there any reason to believe that > the packages will have any problems? > > In any case, if you install a new version, won't it ask you if you want to > keep the old config file or upgrade to the new version? or does this only > happen if the old config file has been modified? First, the issue about library dependencies has nothing to do with the config file. You will have to backport the relevant libraries to, say 12.04 (LTS). There is no way around it. Second, the configuration file issue is indeed a bit special and how dpkg treats "conffile"s. If you upgrade from the Ubuntu package in precise [1] to my Debian packages, the /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf file will *not* be removed by dpkg. It's how dpkg treats obsoletes conffiles. They will be marked as obsolete in the dpkg database, but they won't be cleaned up automatically. This has to be done by the package itself. If you simply use my Debian package, you will end up with a /etc/rsyslog.conf from the Debian package and an obsolete /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf from the old Ubuntu package. This means, everything would be logged twice. Not sure if that was confusing or not. If you need more details, I'm happy to follow up on this. Cheers, Michael [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/rsyslog -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
