Bug#281747: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#281747: logcheck: Add config option to turn off 'This mail is sent by logcheck...' test

maks attems debian at sternwelten.at
Thu Nov 18 03:46:32 UTC 2004


On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Dave Sherohman wrote:

> Package: logcheck
> Version: 1.1.1-13.1woody2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Please add an option in a separate config file to disable the "This
> mail is sent by logcheck..." message at the start of each report.  I
> installed the package specifically so that it would send me these
> messages and it seems rather condescending for it to treat me as if I
> might not know where they're coming from after a few years and many
> installations of it.  (My reaction to it is basically the same as to
> those versions of Windows which scold you for not shutting the system
> down properly while checking the filesystem after they crashed
> without giving the opportunity to shut down cleanly.)

i'm not very familiar with woody's logcheck command,
in sarge you edit /etc/logcheck/header.txt and your done.

sorry we can't implement such features for the woody version.
 
> As it stands now, this message is hardcoded into the main script.
> While it is easy to go in and comment the relevant lines out, this
> means that I must do so after every upgrade of the package - and this
> seems to be one of the packages to most frequently receive security
> updates, so I would greatly appreciate not having to re-edit the
> logcheck script after every one of them.

i agree that this bad, that's why it got changed upstream.
new version confirms to your wish. :)
 
--
maks






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