nobody has complained, so I merged this patch now to 7.5 branch. Thx again, Rainer
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Tomas Heinrich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is a slightly questionable change. >> Typical behavior of any module is that if it is loaded but doesn't >> actually do anything, a warning message is emitted to prevent mistakes in >> configuration. I think I have a use case for the imuxsock module to be >> loaded but inactive. >> >> A generalized rationale goes like this: there might be additional conf >> files in /etc/rsyslog.d that just tune some parameters. If the module is >> enabled, they are desirable, but when it is disabled, they can be ignored. >> >> The real scenario is this: systemd provides a separate conf file that >> specifies where to look for the log socket. If the imuxsock module is to be >> disabled, it can be done through the '$OmitLocalLogging' directive. At that >> point the module is needed to parse the conf file but it does not do any >> real work. >> >> Given an explicit directive is needed, it can be assumed that this state >> is intended and no warning is necessary. >> >> sounds reasonable, but I would appreciate if also some other list members > could comment. > > In any case, I'll probably merge not into 7.4 but 7.5 (the next devel > version). > > Rainer > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
