Re: [OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

2018-08-24 Thread Ankur Tyagi
Ping Regards Ankur On Sat 18 Aug, 2018, 12:59 PM Ankur Tyagi, wrote: > This variable is only respected when VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is "no". > > The default value is "" which results in the /var/log being log directory. > > The user could override this value to a path e.g "/home/root/log" which >

Re: [OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

2018-08-22 Thread Ankur Tyagi
Ping Regards Ankur On Mon 20 Aug, 2018, 9:12 PM Ankur Tyagi, wrote: > Initially I thought of doing that but then dropped it because it would > create a dependency on syslog configuration file. > If in future syslog configuration parameter (LOGFILE) gets renamed, then > we need to make

Re: [OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

2018-08-20 Thread Ankur Tyagi
Initially I thought of doing that but then dropped it because it would create a dependency on syslog configuration file. If in future syslog configuration parameter (LOGFILE) gets renamed, then we need to make corresponding change as well. I think creating /var/log as a link is a less dependent

Re: [OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

2018-08-19 Thread ChenQi
The requirement is to put logs into directories other than /var/log. Could it be achieved by modifying the syslog daemon configuration file (e.g. /etc/syslog.conf) to replace /var/log with the specified directory. Maybe the corresponding logrotate configuration file also needs to be modified.

[OE-core] [oe-core][rocko][sumo][master][PATCH 1/2] bitbake.conf: add PERSISTENT_LOG_DIR variable

2018-08-17 Thread Ankur Tyagi
This variable is only respected when VOLATILE_LOG_DIR is "no". The default value is "" which results in the /var/log being log directory. The user could override this value to a path e.g "/home/root/log" which results /var/log being a link pointing to /home/root/log directory on persistent