Bug 246698

Summary:	app-admin/metalog: FORMAT in /etc/conf.d/metalog does nothing
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Allen Brooker (AllenJB) <gentoo-bugs>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	SpanKY <vapier>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2008-11-14 10:57:15 UTC

I've had a good look at the init script and source code for metalog, and as far as I can tell, the FORMAT variable in /etc/conf.d/metalog has no function. It's not used by the init script, no patches are applied to the metalog source and the metalog code has the log format hard coded (line 880 of metalog.c). I've also been unable to find any documentation on it anywhere. I would suggest removing it.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-01-04 18:16:55 UTC

it's used exactly like it's documented: consolelog.sh