Bug#760426: [systemd] Logs gone after moving to systemd

[Vedran Furač]

Package: systemd
Severity: important

Few days ago I noticed /var/log/syslog was empty. After some time I
found out that this is due to systemd. However, I wasn't warned that
replacing init system will silently break my logs, nor was this
mentioned in documentation. By documentation I mean:

- Package description (mentions that it replaces sysvinit only)
- README.Debian
- wiki.debian.org (systemd page)
- debconf message

Such a huge change must be announced using bold and uppercase and be
documented properly. Debian usually warns through debconf for far more
trivial things.

Also, explain how to configure systemd to use local rsyslog for logging
instead of journal to "emulate" the known and expected behavior.

Regards,
Vedran


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.14-1-amd64

Debian Release: jessie/sid
  700 testing         ftp.de.debian.org
  550 experimental    ftp.de.debian.org
  500 stable          ftp.de.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends                         (Version) | Installed
=========================================-+-==================
libacl1                     (>= 2.2.51-8) | 2.2.52-1.1
libaudit1                    (>= 1:2.2.1) | 1:2.3.7-1
libblkid1                     (>= 2.17.2) | 2.20.1-5.8
libcap2                       (>= 1:2.10) | 1:2.24-4
libcryptsetup4               (>= 2:1.4.3) | 2:1.6.6-1
libdbus-1-3                    (>= 1.1.1) | 1.8.6-2
libkmod2                          (>= 5~) | 18-1
libpam0g                    (>= 0.99.7.1) | 1.1.8-3.1
libselinux1                    (>= 2.1.9) |
libsystemd-journal0             (= 208-7) |
libudev1                         (>= 189) |
libwrap0                      (>= 7.6-4~) |
libsystemd-login0               (= 208-7) |
util-linux                  (>= 2.19.1-2) |
initscripts             (>= 2.88dsf-53.2) |
sysv-rc                                   |
udev                                      |
acl                                       |
adduser                                   |
libcap2-bin                               |