Re: what pre-creates log files?

[Hubert Feyrer]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> What creates log files during installation time?
>
> I tried searching through base sets, sysinst source, mtree specs, but
> haven't found yet.
>
> For example, my system complains about missing /var/log/xferlog which is
> in syslogd.conf but not on my system. I am trying to track down source to
> see if this is a problem with installation or not.

check the install-etc-files target in src/etc/Makefile

- Hubert

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[Jeremy C. Reed]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > What creates log files during installation time?
> >
> > I tried searching through base sets, sysinst source, mtree specs, but
> > haven't found yet.
> >
> > For example, my system complains about missing /var/log/xferlog which is
> > in syslogd.conf but not on my system. I am trying to track down source to
> > see if this is a problem with installation or not.
>
> check the install-etc-files target in src/etc/Makefile

Thanks for the hint. I was assuming it was in base. I now see in the
set.etc mtree spec and the etc.tgz. So all is well.