[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#827156: [LXC] no support for lxc.logfile in config file, but support of --logfile on lxc-start command

[LACROIX Jean Marc]

Package: lxc
Version: 1:1.0.6-6+deb8u2

Dear Maintainers,

On Debian Jessie 8.5 running LXC, i am trying to replace command options 
(for logfile management) on lxc-start by configuration file as defined 
in man lxc.conf.

My kernel release is :

admlocal at syspeo:~$ uname -a
Linux syspeo 4.5.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.5.1-1~bpo8+1 
(2016-04-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux

The correct command running without error is :

sudo lxc-start --name vm-template --rcfile /etc/lxc/auto/vm-template 
--logpriority=DEBUG --logfile=/var/log/lxc/vm-template.log

With this command, logfile is created in /var/log/lxc/vm-template.log 
and verbosity is correct with DEBUG severity

But when setting .....

lxc.loglevel             = DEBUG
lxc.logfile              = /var/log/lxc/vm-template.log

in config file in /etc/lxc/auto/vm-template, and running command :

sudo lxc-start --name vm-template --rcfile /etc/lxc/auto/vm-template

With this configuration, logfile is not created in location defined by 
lxc.logfile parameter.

Perhaps a merge with 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=806699  ???

Please note that with lxc backports on jessie (1:2.0.0-3~bpo8+1), 
behaviour is correct.

Thanks in advance for your help

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