[syslog-ng]include file feature?

[Ardo van Rangelrooij]

Gert Menke wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
>>>It's nice to be flexible, but I think the init.d paradigm, which
>>>relies on tricks of alphabetical filename sorting to enforce order
>>>at the expense of readability and managability, should be retired,
>>>not expanded.
>>>
> Agreed.
> 
> 
>>If you're talking about managability the method I presented is favourable 
>>above changing a file just to add an #include statement.  I prefer not to 
>>have tools changing configuration files during package install/removal, 
>>unless there's a wrapper available that does that on behave of the package 
>>(like using `adduser` instead of accessing /etc/passwd directly).
>>
> Agreed, too.
> 
> I personnally don't like the Idea of having my configuration files written
> for me by a script that I have to invoke everytime I change something.
> (And regenerating the configuration automatically whenever I (re)start a
> service is not what I call very efficient...)
> 
> So, what about something like "include /etc/syslog-ng.d/*.conf" ?

Ok, I like that.  But how do we guarantee a certain order?  Even a simple `ls` 
lists the files dependent on the locale.

Thanks,
Ardo