[patch] Patch 1/2: (installation guide) remove metalogd extravaganza

gentoo-x86-install.diff-no_metalogd_per_default (text/plain), 2.06 KB, created by Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) on 2003-09-26 02:24:12 UTC

--- ../cvs/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml	2003-09-24 09:50:01.000000000 +0200
+++ gentoo-x86-install.xml	2003-09-26 11:18:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -2242,11 +2242,9 @@
 Your new custom kernel (and modules) are now installed.  Now you need to choose
 a system logger that you would like to install.  We offer sysklogd, which is 
 the traditional set of system logging daemons.  We also have msyslog and 
-syslog-ng as well as metalog.  Power users seem to gravitate away from 
-sysklogd (not very good performance) and towards the newer alternatives.  
-If in doubt, you may want to try metalog, since it seems to be quite popular.
-To merge your logger of choice, type <e>one</e> of the next four command
-sets:
+syslog-ng as well as metalog.  If in doubt, you may want to try syslog-ng, 
+since it is very flexible and feature-rich. To merge your logger of choice, 
+type <e>one</e> of the next four command sets:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Emerging System Logger of Choice">
@@ -2263,24 +2261,6 @@
 # <i>rc-update add msyslog default</i>
 </pre>
 
-<impo>
-Metalog flushes output to the disk in blocks, so messages aren't immediately 
-recorded into the system logs.  If you are trying to debug a daemon, this 
-performance-enhancing behavior is less than helpful.  When your Gentoo Linux 
-system is up and running, you can send metalog a USR1 signal to temporarily 
-turn off this message buffering (meaning that <c>tail -f 
-<path>/var/log/everything/current</path></c> will now work in real time, as 
-expected) and a USR2 signal to turn buffering back on again. If you want to 
-disable buffering permanently, you can change METALOG_OPTS="-B" to 
-METALOG_OPTS="-B -s" in <path>/etc/conf.d/metalog</path>. 
-<pre caption="Turning metalog buffering on/off">
-<codenote>To turn the buffering off:</codenote>
-# <i>killall -USR1 metalog</i>
-<codenote>To turn the buffering back on:</codenote>
-# <i>killall -USR2 metalog</i>
-</pre>
-</impo>
-
 <p>
 Now, you may optionally choose a cron package that you would like to use.
 Right now, we offer dcron, fcron and vcron. If you do not know which one to