[lxc-devel] [PATCH] Use $localstatedir/log/lxc for default log path

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Ryota Ozaki (ozaki.ryota at gmail.com):
> When we install lxc by manual (configure; make; make install),
> all files are installed under /usr/local/. Configuration files
> and setting files of containers are stored under /usr/local/ too,
> however, only log files are stored under /var/log/ not
> /usr/local/var/log.
> 
> This patch changes the default log path to $localstatedir/log/lxc
> (by default $localstatedir is /usr/local/var) where is an ordinary
> directory, which is probably expected and unsurprising.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryota Ozaki <ozaki.ryota at gmail.com>

Is there any distro which does not use /var/log as the standard
log location?

I don't think treating log files the same way as binaries and
libraries is the right thing here.

> ---
> Note that this patch is based on staging of git://github.com/lxc/lxc.git.
> 
>  configure.ac | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 0c94d37..62ddb16 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_CONFIGPATH_LOGS], [test "$use_configpath_logs" = "yes"])
>  if test "$use_configpath_logs" = "yes"; then
>  	default_log_path="${with_config_path}"
>  else
> -	default_log_path="/var/log/lxc"
> +	default_log_path="${localstatedir}/log/lxc"
>  fi
>  
>  AC_ARG_WITH([log-path],
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
> 
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