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bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log |
Date: |
Wed, 03 May 2023 22:01:33 +0200 |
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Hi,
Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> skribis:
>>>> While it does work for expunging them from mcron log, I noticed that
>>>> these lines are also polluting /var/log/messages and the snippet above
>>>> doesn't handle that.
>>>> Is there perhaps something else I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Nope, you cannot prevent them from ending up in /var/log/messages; they
>>> are purposefully logged.
>
> Perhaps we could have a “low-noise” way to query for running services? (or
> non modifying actions done on shepherd)
> Filling /var/log/messages with messages of (IMO) dubious value seems
> counterproductive.
The reasoning was that “eval is evil”, as we know :-), so we’d rather
log uses of ‘herd eval root’.
Ludo’.
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