[syslog-ng]new Fedora/Redhat init script

[Richard E. Perlotto II]

There is really only three choices here:

[1]	Edit the existing file which belongs to
	another package, but a package that serves
	the same function as this one.
[2]	You replace the file which is still affecting an
	existing package, but you would lose any custom
	changes in the file.
[3]	You create a new file which will most likely
	have duplicates with the old package which will
	cause other difficulties.

Of these I think ti would be better to edit the existing
file to not lose any custom entries that may have been made,
and it has the least impact on the existing packages.



Richard

Philip J. Hollenback wrote:
> It looks like we are both tackling the same problems.  Actually I wish
> I had known about your work previously as it would have saved me some
> time.
> 
> Anyway, I think the important thing now is to get a new spec file and
> init script into the syslog-ng source tarball.  It looks like this is
> generated via autoconf so it needs to be converted to syslog-ng.spec.in
> (just put a couple substitutions in there).
> 
> My big concern about the existing spec file in the tarball is it is
> seriously broken.  For example, it edits the existing syslog rotate
> file.  Changing another package's file like that is bad.
> 
> And as far as the init script goes, I think we should put yours in the
> contrib directory and remove the two existing old and outdated Redhat
> init scripts.
> 
> I've reviewed your source rpm and init script, and they incorporate
> all the fixes I need.
> 
> Balazs, how does that sound to you?
> 
> Thanks,
> P.
> 
> On 02/04/05, Jose Pedro Oliveira wrote:
> 
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>>Philip,
>>
>>I also have a patched configuration script and a working specfile
>>for Redhat/Fedora systems.
>>
>>The SRPM is available here:
>>https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1332
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>jpo
>>
>>| Attached is a new init script I wrote.  It's based on the existing
>>| init.d.Redhat and init.d.Redhat-7.3 scripts.  The main deficiency I
>>| wanted to correct was that the existing scripts do not properly
>>| implement 'reload' by sending a HUP to the running syslog-ng.  Other
>>| than that I just tried to clean the init script up and make it
>>| consistent with other Redhat-style init scripts.
>>|
>>| I'm calling this script init.d.Fedora since there were already those
>>| existing scripts.  However, I believe my script should work on any
>>| RedHat or Fedora system, so I would ask that you remove the existing
>>| scripts.
>>|
>>| Unless, of course, there's some functionality I'm missing in my
>>| script.
>>|
>>| Thanks,
>>| P.
>>
>>
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