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[bug#71118,3/5] services: dbus: Log to stderr rather than syslog.

Message ID 9fed6be4971d5b89621dd68db2597898eecf91b1.1716386553.git.ludo@gnu.org
State New
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Series More service logging to stderr | expand

Commit Message

Ludovic Courtès May 22, 2024, 2:53 p.m. UTC
* gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-shepherd-service): Remove ‘--syslog-only’
option and pass #:log-file unconditionally.

Change-Id: I9e42f241e08b95ff01e9ad69551bc2c7ce869d6d
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 gnu/services/dbus.scm | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Maxim Cournoyer May 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> * gnu/services/dbus.scm (dbus-shepherd-service): Remove ‘--syslog-only’
> option and pass #:log-file unconditionally.
>
> Change-Id: I9e42f241e08b95ff01e9ad69551bc2c7ce869d6d
> ---
>  gnu/services/dbus.scm | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
> index 8dee91a3f7b..1e1380185a4 100644
> --- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
> +++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
> -;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> +;;; Copyright © 2013-2017, 2019-2021, 2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
> @@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ (define dbus-shepherd-service
>              (requirement '(user-processes syslogd))
>              (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
>                        (list (string-append #$dbus "/bin/dbus-daemon")
> -                            "--nofork" "--system" "--syslog-only")
> +                            "--nofork" "--system")
> +                      #:log-file "/var/log/dbus-daemon.log"
>                        #$@(if verbose?
>                               ;; Since the verbose output goes to the console,
>                               ;; not syslog, add a log file to capture it.
> -                             '(#:environment-variables '("DBUS_VERBOSE=1")
> -                               #:log-file "/var/log/dbus-daemon.log")
> +                             '(#:environment-variables '("DBUS_VERBOSE=1"))
>                               '())
>                        #:pid-file "/run/dbus/pid"))
>              (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))))

How does logging to a file instead of to /dev/log help Shepherd
producing better output?  Does it read the log file?  If so, couldn't it read
syslog as well?
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diff --git a/gnu/services/dbus.scm b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
index 8dee91a3f7b..1e1380185a4 100644
--- a/gnu/services/dbus.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/dbus.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013-2017, 2019-2021, 2024 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@  (define dbus-shepherd-service
             (requirement '(user-processes syslogd))
             (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                       (list (string-append #$dbus "/bin/dbus-daemon")
-                            "--nofork" "--system" "--syslog-only")
+                            "--nofork" "--system")
+                      #:log-file "/var/log/dbus-daemon.log"
                       #$@(if verbose?
                              ;; Since the verbose output goes to the console,
                              ;; not syslog, add a log file to capture it.
-                             '(#:environment-variables '("DBUS_VERBOSE=1")
-                               #:log-file "/var/log/dbus-daemon.log")
+                             '(#:environment-variables '("DBUS_VERBOSE=1"))
                              '())
                       #:pid-file "/run/dbus/pid"))
             (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))))))