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| author | Christian Ruppert <idl0r@gentoo.org> | 2011-09-27 18:15:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Ruppert <idl0r@gentoo.org> | 2011-09-27 18:15:08 +0200 |
| commit | c5fb64d61f1462d0f8790838424722e161ba4024 (patch) | |
| tree | 478c11c327e14a93755e788f236efb3761e23af0 | |
| parent | 4b6392987873107f83fa135b871ac137a6c29ba2 (diff) | |
Make dmesg log optional
Reported-by: Patrick <gentoo@feystorm.net>
X-Gentoo-Bug: 384485
X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/384485
| -rw-r--r-- | conf.d/bootmisc | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init.d/bootmisc.in | 13 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/conf.d/bootmisc b/conf.d/bootmisc index 2c1670b5..d79706cc 100644 --- a/conf.d/bootmisc +++ b/conf.d/bootmisc @@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ clean_tmp_dirs="/tmp" # Should we wipe the tmp paths completely or just selectively remove known # locks / files / etc... ? wipe_tmp="YES" + +# Write the initial dmesg log into /var/log/dmesg after boot +# This may be useful if you need the kernel boot log afterwards +log_dmesg="YES" diff --git a/init.d/bootmisc.in b/init.d/bootmisc.in index 6607f45c..2ca79265 100644 --- a/init.d/bootmisc.in +++ b/init.d/bootmisc.in @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dir_writeable() } : ${wipe_tmp:=${WIPE_TMP:-yes}} +: ${log_dmesg:=${LOG_DMESG:-yes}} cleanup_tmp_dir() { @@ -142,11 +143,13 @@ start() fi fi - if $logw || dir_writeable /var/log; then - # Create an 'after-boot' dmesg log - if [ "$RC_SYS" != VSERVER -a "$RC_SYS" != OPENVZ ]; then - dmesg > /var/log/dmesg - chmod 640 /var/log/dmesg + if yesno $log_dmesg; then + if $logw || dir_writeable /var/log; then + # Create an 'after-boot' dmesg log + if [ "$RC_SYS" != VSERVER -a "$RC_SYS" != OPENVZ ]; then + dmesg > /var/log/dmesg + chmod 640 /var/log/dmesg + fi fi fi |