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[PATCH] services: syslog: fix configuration file argument

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From: 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com>
To: 75091 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ludo <at> gnu.org, 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com>, jean-baptiste.note <at> m4x.org
Subject: [bug#75091] [PATCH] services: syslog: fix configuration file argument
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 12:14:23 -0500

* gnu/services/base.scm (syslog-shepherd-service): Separate incorrectly
combined arguments which resulted in an argument like "-f
/etc/syslog.conf" being passed to syslogd, leading it to ignore the
argument and execute without a configuration file. Effects of this
included no log files being written, though the Shepherd service ran
successfully.

Ref: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/70677#4-lineno7
Change-Id: I3dbe00eabd4a10804e554c12e1466483c0b185b7
---
 gnu/services/base.scm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index fc604f029a..75ce4e8fe5 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ (define (syslog-shepherd-service config)
    (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
              (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
                    ;; the -f option here is compatible with rsyslog
-                   #$(string-append "-f " syslog.conf)
+                   "-f" #$syslog.conf
                    #$@(syslog-configuration-extra-options config))
              #:file-creation-mask #o137
              #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))

base-commit: 3ada4796e9adcea6fce621e639ddbfb181ab6689
-- 
2.47.1

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