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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-08 22:29:28 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-08 22:29:28 +0000 |
commit | 1e3b7a0e881fbd20b03c3303c491ee56a9b880f2 (patch) | |
tree | d4427d7c47bd5bb6cae6e67901f95c855fdf4a4a /release | |
parent | 074d9f4fd71395f816a8ce65e912f5ad0ed5a1e6 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-1e3b7a0e881fbd20b03c3303c491ee56a9b880f2.zip FreeBSD-src-1e3b7a0e881fbd20b03c3303c491ee56a9b880f2.tar.gz |
New release notes: New newsyslog(8) features.
Submitted by: gad
Approved by: re (implicitly)
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 38 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 38 |
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 |