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[bug#70677,2/2] services: syslog: Adjust service for rsyslog compatibility.

Message ID 36338d3a45a4f8644f209373d03b594015c6fd3b.1714490986.git.jean-baptiste.note@m4x.org
State New
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Series Improve syslog service flexibility | expand

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Jean-Baptiste Note April 30, 2024, 3:36 p.m. UTC 
* gnu/services/base.scm (syslog-shepherd-service): Change flag for designating
configuration file. The long option is not compatible with rsyslog while the
short is; switch to the short one.
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 gnu/services/base.scm | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 47565a3d5a..0d73e5344e 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1591,7 +1591,8 @@  (define (syslog-shepherd-service config)
    ;; action work as intended.
    (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
              (list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
-                   #$(string-append "--rcfile=" syslog.conf)
+                   ;; the -f option here is compatible with rsyslog
+                   #$(string-append "-f " syslog.conf)
                    #$@(syslog-configuration-extra-options config))
              #:file-creation-mask #o137
              #:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))