packages with logwatch scripts
Wart
wart at kobold.org
Fri Feb 23 04:10:38 UTC 2007
Wart wrote:
> I'm starting to work on adding logwatch support to a few game daemons
> that I maintain, to help admins keep track of player activity. Where
> would be the correct place to add the logwatch scripts, and how should
> the Requires: be handled?
>
> choices:
>
> 1) Put the scripts and configs in the /etc/logwatch hierarchy
> or
> 2) Put the scripts and configs in the /usr/share/logwatch hierarchy
>
> and
>
> a) Require: logwatch for directory ownership
> or
> b) Don't explicitly Require: logwatch; daemons will only have logwatch
> support if logwatch is already present.
>
> I would prefer not to add the explicit 'Requires: logwatch', and only
> provide that functionality if the server admin has already installed
> logwatch. But this would leave the directories in 1/2 unowned.
>
> Suggestions?
In the absence of any feedback, I've decided to put the logwatch files
in a -logwatch subpackage, install them into /usr/share/logwatch, and
Require: logwatch for the -logwatch subpackage only.
--Wart
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