Debian Bug report logs - #232569
[BOOTLOGD] bootlogd should be enabled by default

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Juergen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: sysvinit: bootlogd should be on by default

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:58:21 +0100

Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.85-9
Severity: wishlist

Everything else is logged by default, so boot messages should be, too.


Jürgen

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux freitag 2.6.2-1 #1 Wed Feb 4 19:09:41 CET 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages sysvinit depends on:
ii  initscripts                 2.85-9       Standard scripts needed for bootin
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  sysv-rc                     2.85-9       Standard boot mechanism using syml

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 232569@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>

To: Juergen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>, 232569@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#232569: sysvinit: bootlogd should be on by default

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:43:44 +0100

On 2004.02.13 19:58, Juergen Stuber wrote:
> Package: sysvinit
> Version: 2.85-9
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Everything else is logged by default, so boot messages should be, too.

The reason bootlogd is off, is that it is buggy and doesn't work
on all systems. So, it will remain off for the foreseeable future.
It will likely even be replaced by another solution entirely.

Mike.

Message #25 received at 232569@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>

To: 232569@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Please, reconsider this feature again for upcoming releases

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:42:19 +0100

I just have been pointed out to this wishlist bug report and have to 
say I would also like to se this feature of having boot logging enabled
by default in newer/upcoming releases.

Also, it should be nice to have all the boot log entries in the same 
file ("/var/log/boot") and not split in different files as happens 
right now (some records fall under "/var/log/dmesg" and bootlod ones are 
available in "/var/log/boot") which is a bit of a mess.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón 

Message #32 received at 232569-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>

To: 232569-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#232569: fixed in sysvinit 2.88dsf-23

Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:03:49 +0000

Source: sysvinit
Source-Version: 2.88dsf-23

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
sysvinit, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

bootlogd_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
  to main/s/sysvinit/bootlogd_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
initscripts_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
  to main/s/sysvinit/initscripts_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
sysv-rc_2.88dsf-23_all.deb
  to main/s/sysvinit/sysv-rc_2.88dsf-23_all.deb
sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
  to main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
sysvinit_2.88dsf-23.debian.tar.gz
  to main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf-23.debian.tar.gz
sysvinit_2.88dsf-23.dsc
  to main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf-23.dsc
sysvinit_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb
  to main/s/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.88dsf-23_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 232569@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> (supplier of updated sysvinit package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:11:45 +0100
Source: sysvinit
Binary: sysvinit sysvinit-utils sysv-rc initscripts bootlogd
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 2.88dsf-23
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers <pkg-sysvinit-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
Description: 
 bootlogd   - daemon to log boot messages
 initscripts - scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
 sysv-rc    - System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
 sysvinit   - System-V-like init utilities
 sysvinit-utils - System-V-like utilities
Closes: 55707 232569 385172 403863 438895 518249 539261 540448 543793 545401 545438 550425 558000 562500 567539 585540 587923 596284 596479 596480 596481 596482 596483 614895 623051 634146 636054 652625 659480 659490 660824 664816 665995 666871 667745 668312
Changes: 
 sysvinit (2.88dsf-23) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   [ Roger Leigh ]
   * Acknowledge NMU for translation updates.  Thanks to Christian
     Perrier.
   * debian/control:
     - Upgrade to Standards-Version 3.9.3.
     - Build-Depend on debhelper v9.
     - Correct Vcs-Git URL.
   * debian/rules:
     - Use DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS = hurd rather than
       DEB_HOST_ARCH = hurd-i386.   Thanks to Pino Toscano.
   * debian/patches:
     - 11_lfs_cflags.patch: Add patch for enabling large file support,
       needed on GNU/Hurd, but useful for all platforms.
     - 73_lfs_cflags.patch: Add patch for enabling large file support
       in startpar.
   * initscripts:
     - Moved RAM* settings from /etc/default/rcS to /etc/default/tmpfs.
       This ensures that the settings are equivalent for upgrades and
       new installations, but will require manual configuration of the
       settings for upgrades (no migration from /etc/default/rcS to
       /etc/default/tmpfs will take place, due to tmpfs being a
       conffile).  tmpf(5) manual page added to document all aspects
       of tmpfs configuration, including the existing documentation in
       rcS(5).
     - Drop the use of .ramfs dotfiles in /run and /run/lock.  These
       were a legacy of /lib/init/rw and were not actually used by
       anything.  Closes: #403863.
     - Drop /etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp.  This has been merged into
       the general tmpfs on /tmp handling functions.  This means the
       generic RAMTMP configuration is used for the overflowtmp.
       Closes: #567539.
     - It is now possible to configure a tmpfs mount size limit as a
       percentage of the total VM size (%VM) as well as a percentage
       of the RAM size (%).  This is computed by tmpfs.sh and the
       tmpfs mounts are remounted with the updated size limit after
       swap becomes available.
     - An fstab entry for /tmp overrides RAMTMP.  Document tmpfs
       override and tmpfs defaults in tmpfs(5), also undeprecating the
       tmpfs settings.  Closes: #585540, #665995.
     - An fstab entry for /run/lock or /run/shm overrides RAMLOCK and
       RAMSHM.
     - bootclean cleans /tmp, /run and /run/lock before any filesystems
       are mounted as well as after local and network mounts.  This
       permits cleaning of directories which would otherwise be hidden
       by mountpoints later in the boot process.
       Closes: #55707, #558000, #666871.  Additionally clean up
       /lib/init/rw in case any files were hidden by the (now removed)
       tmpfs mount at this location.  Closes: #652625.
     - Removed last trace of the long-removed EDITMOTD from the
       postinst.  Closes: #438895.
     - Removed documentation of #346342 in rcS(5).  This is no longer
       an issue now tzdata keeps a copy of the data on the rootfs.
       Closes: #385172.
     - Correct description of TMPTIME in rcS(5).  Thanks to Alan J.
       Greenberger.  Closes: #562500.
     - urandom: Applied a series of patches from John Denker to
       improve the integrity of random number generation.  Many thanks.
       Closes: #596479, #596480, #596481, #596482, #596483.
   * sysv-rc:
     - Remove old upgrade logic from maintainer scripts not required
       for wheezy.
     - Migrate users of obsolete static boot ordering to dynamic boot
       ordering.
     - Remove use of /etc/init.d/.legacy-bootordering.  Closes: #668312.
     - Improve help text of debconf message when it is not possible to
       automatically enable dynamic boot ordering.  Provide explicit
       instructions for how to purge obsolete init scripts.
       Closes: #550425.
     - etc/init.d/rc: Ensure linprocfs is mounted on kFreeBSD.  Thanks
       to Robert Millan.  Closes: #659480.
     - Drop undocumented CONCURRENCY setting from /etc/init.d/rc.
       Closes: #518249, #540448, #539261.  Note that this still contains
       internal fallbacks to support non-insserv booting, which may be
       removed at a later date.
     - invoke-rc.d:
       + Minor manual page corrections.  Thanks to Anthony Fiumara.
         Closes: #664816.
       + Remove mention of the "dpkg Programmers' Manual" and replace
         with references to Debian Policy.  Closes: #543793.
     - update-rc.d:
       + Correctly warn about non-LSB standard runlevels.  Thanks to
         Chris Hiestand for this patch.  Closes: #614895.
       + Remove obsolete documentation of
         /var/lib/sysv-rc/legacy-bootsequence.  Thanks to Thomas Hood.
         Closes: #623051.
   * sysvinit:
     - Minor corrections for halt(8) manual page.  Thanks to
       Christoph Anton Mitterer.  Closes: #587923.
     - Installation with debootstrap --variant=fakechroot now works, due
       to only migrating the old control channel when it is still
       present.  Thanks to Michael Gilbert.  Closes: #596284.
   * sysvinit-utils:
     - Recommend bootlogd.  Closes: #659490.  This means that booklogd
       will be installed by default, but will be removable.
       Closes: #232569.
     - Correct documentation of the startpar -i option.  Closes: #545438.
     - Correct startpar(8) SEE ALSO section.  Closes: #634146.
     - Correct wording in service(8).  Thanks to Joey Hess and Regid
       Ichira.  Closes: #545401, #667745.
 .
   [ Steve Langasek ]
   * debian/service/service: fix upstart compatibility to not try to use the
     upstart commands when init isn't upstart.  Closes: #636054.
   * debian/rules: pass CFLAGS when building startpar.
   * Fix startpar to not run init scripts that have matching upstart jobs,
     instead waiting for a signal from upstart.  Closes: #660824.
       to Robert Millan.  (Closes: #659480)
   * sysvinit:
     - Don't restart or perform initctl migration if systemd is
       running.
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