Created attachment 576926 [details] emerge --info openrc One of the long time things I'd like is for openrc to record its activity in syslog. Putting "rc_logger=YES" I can create (by default) /var/log/rc.log, but I'd rather have it sent to syslog where the entries should be timestamped, filterable, and so forth. I had a bright idea (I have many :-) ): rc_log_path='/dev/kmsg' but my syslog now contains May 16 13:56:23 openrc[2072]: Error: write(/dev/kmsg) failed: Invalid argument May 16 13:56:23 openrc[2072]: Warning: temporary logfile left behind: /run/openrc/rc.log OK, I've not lost anything, but it could be better!
A slightly brighter idea - rather than specifying rc_log_path='/dev/kmsg' it would look better, and perhaps allow for different OS's, to be rc_logger=Syslog as an alternative to Yes or No. I appreciate limitations on logging daemon availability might create similar restrictions to the current "rc_logging doesn't start until after sysinit runlevel is complete".
