Re: rfc: snmptrapd logging fixup

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:02:55 +0000 Dave wrote:
DS> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 13:57 -0500, Robert Story wrote:
DS> > However, there are some quirks to
DS> > snmptrapd's log handling. So I'm opening a dialog.
DS>
DS> Sounds good.
DS> Let's get the agreement out of the way first :-)

You meant argument, right? :-P

DS> > 1) it has distinct knowledge coded in for syslog logging and file/print
DS> > handling. Even to the point of logging differently formatted startup
DS> > messages!
DS> [...]
DS> A major-number release seems the obvious time to tidy this up.
DS> I'm not really bothered about the exact format of this startup message.

Ok, 1 for 1.

DS> > 3) Unfortunately, snmptrapd has no documented
DS> > behaviour for opening log files at startup.
DS> > Do we want to add an option to allow appending to log files?
DS>
DS> Yes. That's clearly a useful distinction to be able to make.

2 for 2.

DS> > 4) For future consideration, it would be nice to add some processing
DS> > to -L to allow per-log options to be set.
DS>
DS> Why not tie this into 3) ?
DS> If we're tackling half of the problem now anyway, why not tackle
DS> it in full?

/me falls of his chair.

You mean, add completely new functionality to a pre-release?

Quick, someone call the MI-5, aliens have taken over Dave! :-P


DS> I like the basic idea, though not the proposed syntax.
DS> It feels a little confusing.
DS>
DS> Alternative proposal:
DS>
DS> -Lf file.truncate
DS> -La file.append

Works for me.

3 for 3. Definitely aliens involved here somehow.

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