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[PATCH shepherd] shepherd: If /dev/kmsg is writable, use it for logging.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 30498-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#30498] [PATCH 0/3] Log to syslog whenever possible
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:00:11 +0100

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

>   Turn 'log-output-port' into a parameter.
>   Simplify 'make-shepherd-output-port'.
>   Use syslog for logging when running as root.

Pushed!

For the record, this can be tested on GuixSD by running “make dist” in
the Shepherd and then applying something like the patch below in Guix:

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diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index ad31bc498..04cb69e1b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system perl)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
+  #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
@@ -159,16 +160,8 @@ and provides a \"top-like\" mode (monitoring).")
 (define-public shepherd
   (package
     (name "shepherd")
-    (version "0.3.2")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/dmd/shepherd-"
-                                  version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "174q1qg7yg6w1hfvlfv720hr6hid4h5xzw15y3ycfpspllzldhcb"))
-              (patches (search-patches "shepherd-close-fds.patch"
-                                       "shepherd-herd-status-sorted.patch"))))
+    (version "0.3.3")
+    (source (local-file "/data/src/shepherd/shepherd-0.3.2.tar.gz"))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags '("--localstatedir=/var")))

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Ludo’.

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