svn commit: r318250 - in head: etc etc/newsyslog.conf.d etc/syslog.d tools/build/mk

[Ngie Cooper]

> On May 13, 2017, at 09:29, Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On May 13, 2017, at 08:37, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> 
>>> Author: ngie
>>> Date: Sat May 13 03:10:50 2017
>>> New Revision: 318250
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318250
>>> 
>>> Log:
>>> Handle the logfiles in newsyslog and syslogd conditionally, based on
>>> src.conf(5) knobs
>>> 
>>> This will allow consumers of FreeBSD to use the unmodified configuration
>>> files out of the box more than previously.
>> 
>> What about simply generating proper newsyslog.conf and syslog.conf based
>> on the the MK_ values rather than change the visible administration
>> interface that has finger memory, ansible, and puppet support?
> 
> - My employer doesn't use puppet on its appliances.
> - Files snapshotted in time bitrot (which was the case with our configs, which is part of the reason behind this change.
> - It's really easy to screw up a mergemaster call if you edit the files, and install the stock version which removes the edits.

Also, programmatically removing the entries means you have to bake the metadata into etc/Makefile, which is already complicated enough as-is.
Thanks,
-Ngie