| Message ID | 20220316162857.1226591-1-yocto@opensource.nslick.com |
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| State | New |
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| Series | [1/1] dev-manual: note on using journald without syslog | expand |
Hi Nicolas, Many thanks for the patch! See my comments below... On 3/16/22 17:28, Nicholas Sielicki wrote: > From: Nicholas Sielicki <nicholas.sielicki@legrand.com> > > journald is not a syslog provider, so using journald exclusively amounts > to just preventing a syslog provider from being specified on a system > where journald is active. > > Various spots where this has popped up: > * https://stackoverflow.com/q/48746397 > * https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/yocto/topic/82883035#53548 > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Sielicki <nicholas.sielicki@legrand.com> > --- > documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst > index ca3fbc856..4e9c2c04e 100644 > --- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst > +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst > @@ -7910,6 +7910,20 @@ image cannot use this package group. However, it can install SysVinit > and the appropriate packages will have support for both systemd and > SysVinit. > > +Using systemd-journald without a traditional syslog daemon > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ > FYI, here, your underlining is unnecessary longer than the text. There is no warning though, but that's a convention we seem to follow. I fixed this by myself. > + > +Counter-intuitively, ``systemd-journald`` is not a syslog runtime or provider, > +and the proper way to use systemd-journald as your sole logging mechanism is to > +effectively disable syslog entirely by set these variables in your distribution > +configuration file:: s/by set/by setting/ I fixed that by myself. No need to resubmit, unless other people have comments. Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Thanks again! Michael.
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst index ca3fbc856..4e9c2c04e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst @@ -7910,6 +7910,20 @@ image cannot use this package group. However, it can install SysVinit and the appropriate packages will have support for both systemd and SysVinit. +Using systemd-journald without a traditional syslog daemon +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Counter-intuitively, ``systemd-journald`` is not a syslog runtime or provider, +and the proper way to use systemd-journald as your sole logging mechanism is to +effectively disable syslog entirely by set these variables in your distribution +configuration file:: + + VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_syslog = "" + VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog = "" + +Doing so will prevent ``rsyslog`` / ``busybox-syslog`` from being pulled in by +default, leaving only ``journald``. + Selecting a Device Manager ==========================