Sven Hartge <[email protected]> wrote: > Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 July 2026 07:23:33 am Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >> If you don't have this file (or if it's empty), then make sure you > >> have the rsyslog package installed. That one stopped being installed > >> by default some time ago, in favor of systemd's binary journaling. > > > Why would they have done that? I remember reading about that in here > > some time back, but don't understand the reasoning behind that > > particular change... > > People who want or need the traditional syslog know how to install it. > The rest doesn't and it reduced the unnecessary package bloat and log > duplication. > > I'd go as far as to say that the vast majority of non-server systems > does not need a traditional syslog deamon. > One significant downside of systemd's journal is that, with default settings, it eats up a **lot** of disk space. It's probably not significant on laptops/desktops but on Rasberry Pis, Beaglebones and similar systems it can cause problems.
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