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Bug#491180: release-notes: Document the switch of default system log daemon from sysklogd to rsyslog



On 04/10/2008 Luk Claes wrote:
> Can you please provide a proposed text (license: GPL v2) regarding the
> switch of the default system log daemo to include in the release notes?
> 
> It should not be too technical (a pointer to README.Debian for the
> technical details would do), but should mention that it's something
> which doesn't happen automatically while upgrading etc.

Hello,

Attached is a first rough patch. I guess it's better than nothing. Feel free
to improve it as you want. License is GPLv2.

greetings,
 jonas
--- whats-new.dbk.orig	2008-10-10 01:58:17.000000000 +0200
+++ whats-new.dbk	2008-10-10 02:08:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -359,6 +359,25 @@
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 <varlistentry>
+<term>New default syslog daemon</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+The default syslog daemon for &releasename; is <systemitem
+role="package">rsyslog</systemitem> instead of <systemitem
+role="package">sysklogd</systemitem>. <systemitem
+role="package">rsyslog</systemitem> is quite compatible to stock sysklogd and
+can be used as a drop-in replacement. In most cases it should be sufficient to
+copying /etc/syslog.conf to /etc/rsyslog.conf.
+</para>
+<para>
+Users upgrading from &oldreleasename; need to install <systemitem
+role="package">rsyslog</systemitem> and remove <systemitem
+role="package">sysklogd</systemitem> manually. The default syslog daemon is
+not replaced automatically at the upgrade to &releasename;.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
 <term>Default <command>vi</command> clone changed</term>
 <listitem>
 <para>

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