Re: [bug-inetutils] some suggestions to syslog.conf

[melodramus]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:02:36 +0300
Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> There's nothing to be stunned about. Some of the features you
> proposed clearly call for a preprocessor. Namely:
> 
> define(`inetd-daemons',`&ftpd,&telnetd') # alias the inetd daemons
> define(`danger',`=crit,=err')
> define(`most',`*,!auth,!authpriv')
> 
> Do you *really* think it is that difficult to write these three
> defines???

you proved that m4 doesn't need to be cryptic. however, the problem is
in the pre-processing. we are talking about syslog.conf and not about
gigs of log files in /var/log.

pre-processing creates a level of indirectness and maintenance
complexity that i find unsuitable for this simple problem. i go the
*nix way: 'keep it simple!' also, i'd like to keep things in the common
places, if possible.

best wishes,
MeloDramus <address@hidden>