AW: AW: [Users] problems with vzctl init logging patch

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Wed Mar 12 12:23:49 EDT 2008


Dietmar Maurer wrote:
>> This looks good. Can you
>> (1) make it optional, i.e. retain the old behavior by default 
>> and provide a way to turn init logging on (command-line 
>> switch, or VE config
>> parameter)
>>     
>
> Ok
>
>   
>> (2) make init-logger so it would not depend on perl being 
>> available inside the container; i guess it can be rewritten 
>> in shell as /bin/sh should be there
>>     
>
> Will try. But cant we depend on perl? Perl should be available on most
> platforms. I can even add a test if perl is available, and do not start
> the logger if there is no perl?
>   

Adding a check makes sense. But first -- why do you need perl at all? Is 
there something that can't be done in shell?
>   
>> (3) add the comment to init-logger saying that this file was 
>> copied from the host system to this container and so any 
>> changes made to it inside a container will be lost during the 
>> next container start
>> (4) document it all
>> (5) add init-logger to the vzctl.spec file
>>     
>
> Ok, will send a new patch when ready.
>
> - Dietmar
>
>
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