[JDEV] patch: jabberd-1.4 logfile rotation

[Siggy Brentrup]

Hi Martin,

I just have to step in on this :-)


On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 07:57:56AM +0200, Martin Lesser wrote:

[...]

> Why not use multilog from http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html in
> combination with the other utitlities provided by this great piece of
> software?

[...]

> The cons (which IMO are no cons) should be mentioned too:
> 
> - only available for unices (not really a con)
> - timestamping is done in TAI-format so you need i.e. tai64nlocal (also
>   part of the suite) to convert the timestamps into a human readable
>   format ('tai64nlocal < logfile |less' would do it)

Some real cons:

- DJB's license: you are not allowed to distribute modifications.

- Quite peculiar directory structure requiring modifaction:
  per default, logs go into the same tree configuration data reside in
  (not really nice, if you want to mount your root FS readonly).

- DJB's and it's followers dogmatic attitude (IMHO).

> Give it a try, you will love it.

Not really, if you want to adhere to standards conflicting with
DJB's design.

Siggy

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