Hi Phillip, While I would be happy to see /var/log/messages return in some form, I would be cautious about introducing it as a symlink. What happens if someone has manually re-enabled it through /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf while at the same time a new symlink points from /var/log/messages to /var/log/syslog? Would there suddenly be duplicate messages? Also, I'm not sure how logrotate would handle this. Would it archive the symlink on the next rotation, leaving no /var/log/messages behind?
On the same topic, I had a look at the relevant changelog at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/4.6.4-2ubuntu4. The author says this change only affects new installations, but I can tell you it's affecting LTS upgrades as well. Something to keep in mind as more people upgrade their servers from 10.04 to 12.04, and wonder where their logs went... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794727 Title: Please symlink /var/log/messages to syslog To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/794727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
