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@@ -7910,6 +7910,20 @@ image cannot use this package group. However, it can install SysVinit | |||
7910 | and the appropriate packages will have support for both systemd and | 7910 | and the appropriate packages will have support for both systemd and |
7911 | SysVinit. | 7911 | SysVinit. |
7912 | 7912 | ||
7913 | Using systemd-journald without a traditional syslog daemon | ||
7914 | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ||
7915 | |||
7916 | Counter-intuitively, ``systemd-journald`` is not a syslog runtime or provider, | ||
7917 | and the proper way to use systemd-journald as your sole logging mechanism is to | ||
7918 | effectively disable syslog entirely by setting these variables in your distribution | ||
7919 | configuration file:: | ||
7920 | |||
7921 | VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_syslog = "" | ||
7922 | VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog = "" | ||
7923 | |||
7924 | Doing so will prevent ``rsyslog`` / ``busybox-syslog`` from being pulled in by | ||
7925 | default, leaving only ``journald``. | ||
7926 | |||
7913 | Selecting a Device Manager | 7927 | Selecting a Device Manager |
7914 | ========================== | 7928 | ========================== |
7915 | 7929 | ||