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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-08 22:29:28 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-08 22:29:28 +0000
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New release notes: New newsyslog(8) features.
Submitted by: gad Approved by: re (implicitly)
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml38
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml38
2 files changed, 72 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 6f0db67..927a088 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -657,12 +657,46 @@
unless UFS1 is specifically requested with the
<option>-O1</option> option.</para>
- <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now supports a <literal>W</literal> flag
- to force previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
+ <para>&man.newsyslog.8; has a number of new features. Among them:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>W</literal> flag
+ forces previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
group of entries specified with the <literal>G</literal> flag)
to finish before beginning a new one. This feature is designed
to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <quote>default rotate action</quote>, to be used for
+ files specified for rotation but not specified in the
+ configuration file. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <option>-s</option> command-line flag to disable
+ sending signals to processes when rotating
+ files. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>N</literal> configuration file flag to
+ indicate that no process needs to be signaled when
+ rotating a file. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>U</literal> configuration file flag to
+ specify that a process group (rather than a single
+ process) should be signaled when rotating
+ files. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 6f0db67..927a088 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -657,12 +657,46 @@
unless UFS1 is specifically requested with the
<option>-O1</option> option.</para>
- <para>&man.newsyslog.8; now supports a <literal>W</literal> flag
- to force previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
+ <para>&man.newsyslog.8; has a number of new features. Among them:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>W</literal> flag
+ forces previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
group of entries specified with the <literal>G</literal> flag)
to finish before beginning a new one. This feature is designed
to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <quote>default rotate action</quote>, to be used for
+ files specified for rotation but not specified in the
+ configuration file. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <option>-s</option> command-line flag to disable
+ sending signals to processes when rotating
+ files. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>N</literal> configuration file flag to
+ indicate that no process needs to be signaled when
+ rotating a file. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A <literal>U</literal> configuration file flag to
+ specify that a process group (rather than a single
+ process) should be signaled when rotating
+ files. &merged;</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be
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