Re: [task #5490] syslog

[olafBuddenhagen]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:11:13PM +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote:

> From http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5490: "Find and implement a
> suitable way to make the Hurd servers use `syslog'. "
> 
> Can someone explain what this task demands to be done?
> 
> Debian's syslogd seems to be working with the current GNU/Hurd
> snapshot. To test it, i added a few syslog entries in /hurd/utils/ps.c
> and it worked ok.

Normal programs contact syslog using normal POSIX mechanisms. The
low-level Hurd servers however work below the POSIX environment -- they
are responsible for *implementing* these mechanisms.

You need to find a way for syslog to get information from the low-level
servers directly. I can think of various ways to do it; but it's not as
trivial as you seem to believe.

-antrik-