Subject: [bug#30727] [PATCH] gnu: inetutils: Drop "vmunix: " prefix for messages read from /dev/kmsg in syslogd.

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:40:55 +0100

Hello!

Danny Milosavljevic <[email-masked]> skribis:

> +--- o/inetutils-1.9.4/src/syslogd.c	2015-05-12 14:13:25.000000000 +0200
> ++++ inetutils-1.9.4/src/syslogd.c	2018-03-06 09:19:41.394046776 +0100
> +@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@
> +   char *lp, *q, line[MAXLINE + 1];
> +   const char *p;
> + 
> +-  strcpy (line, "vmunix: ");
> ++  strcpy (line, "");

I’d rather not do that.  :-)

I think it’s good that syslogd distinguishes between “real” syslog
messages and messages coming from the kernel.  It’s also useful if one
is to filter messages.

WDYT?

Ludo’.