nightmorph 08/09/11 08:29:05 Modified: openrc-migration.xml Log: added boot log stuff to the openrc migration guide, bug 218593
Revision Changes Path 1.11 xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml?rev=1.11&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml?rev=1.11&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11 Index: openrc-migration.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml,v retrieving revision 1.10 retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11 --- openrc-migration.xml 16 Apr 2008 00:40:11 -0000 1.10 +++ openrc-migration.xml 11 Sep 2008 08:29:05 -0000 1.11 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml,v 1.10 2008/04/16 00:40:11 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml,v 1.11 2008/09/11 08:29:05 nightmorph Exp $ --> <guide link="/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml"> <title>Baselayout and OpenRC Migration Guide</title> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.6</version> -<date>2008-04-15</date> +<version>1.7</version> +<date>2008-09-11</date> <chapter> <title>Background</title> @@ -359,6 +359,25 @@ </body> </section> <section> +<title>Boot log</title> +<body> + +<p> +Previously, you could log the boot process by using +<c>app-admin/showconsole</c>. However, OpenRC now handles all logging +internally, so there's no need for the hacks that <c>showconsole</c> employed. +You can safely unmerge <c>showconsole</c>. To continue logging boot messages, +just set the appropriate variable in <path>/etc/rc.conf</path>. Logs will appear +in <path>/var/log/rc.log</path>. +</p> + +<pre caption="Enabling boot logging in /etc/rc.conf"> +rc_logger="YES" +</pre> + +</body> +</section> +<section> <title>Finishing up</title> <body>
