[oe] [RFC] Adding sanity to OE startup process

[Rod Whitby]

Koen Kooi wrote:
> Rod Whitby schreef:
>>> Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
>>>>   So, to start with, I'd like to propose to make it possible for boot
>>>> process to log to syslog. I have following in mind:
>>>>
>>>> 4. Make /etc/init.d/syslogd.sh start earlier so it could capture as
>>>> mush output as possible.
>>> This is something that the syslog.file, syslog.buffer and syslog.network
>>> scripts in packages/slugos-init/files/initscripts try to do.  Syslog to
>>> buffer is started *as* *early* as possible.  Syslog to file is started
>>> as soon as filesystems are mounted, and Syslog to network is started as
>>> soon as the network is up.
> 
> Sounds pretty neat, does the buffer get flushed to file as well?

At the moment, no.  You get to choose the destination in
/etc/syslog.conf, and it only logs to that destination.

(e.g. if you need early debugging, you have to set it to buffer)

-- Rod