[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#791907: Bug#791907: bootlogd RC bug now on my radar.

[Andreas Henriksson]

Control: tags -1 + patch

Hello all.

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 07:01:43PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> 
> I agree that the description update might be a good solution.  bootlogd
> solve a real problem with sysvinit, where it become possible to know
> what happened during boot because the log messages are available after
> boot, and also on headless boot.

Thanks for the information that it's still useful.

> This problem do not exist with systemd, so bootlogd do not have any
> purpose with systemd, as I see it.
> It do not do any harm, but it do not really solve anything either.
> Making this clear for the user should solve the RC bug, I believe.

I'm not a fan of saying RC bugs are solved by package description
updates as in my experience few people read those anyway, but possibly
this bug should not have RC severity to begin with...

Anyway, I've spent some time looking into this and would like to hear
comments on the attached patch. I've already discussed with pkg-systemd
about them dropping bootlogd.service masking for full effect once this
is uploaded.... Please see patch header for further information.
Hopefully the patch is simple enough while still leaving no user
in doubt about where to find the boot information.

Help with testing on a sysvinit system would also be much appreciated.

Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
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