Christoph Berg wrote: > For most (some?) of these, the syslog could be used. I'd find it > convenient if the syslog (which I read through logcheck) contained > messages like "dpkg: foo 1.2.3 replaced by 1.2.4" etc. Each package > could also emit some more messages (in the style they use echo now, but > probably somewhat terser) and those people who would like to know, could > read it in the syslog. (The others probably don't even care about > debconf dialog boxes.)
The problem with using the syslog is the same problem almost anything that wants to use it in a serious way faces: The syslog interface is old and very limited and not extensible. You're faced with ad-hoc data formats and parsing. This is particularly annoying if you want to do something automated with the data. Cf: logcheck. :-/ Also bug #957 and mergees. Anyway, I feel that the tool should offer at least the ability to display messages, filter messages, and log messages; what exactly is used in logging is pretty much up to the implementor. -- see shy jo
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