[systemd-devel] Antw: [EXT] Re: Q; syslog.socket dependency

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:34 AM Ulrich Windl
<Ulrich.Windl at rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:
>
> >>> Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> schrieb am 11.03.2021 um 16:23 in
> Nachricht <4422087b-9966-e7fb-66ad-4157d83f2f3b at thelounge.net>:
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> >
> > Am 11.03.21 um 12:17 schrieb Ulrich Windl:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I have a unit that uses logger, and I want to run it after syslog is
> > available. So I added syslog.socket as dependency, but it fails:
> >> Mar 11 12:11:02 jeos1 systemd[1]: syslog.socket: Socket service
> > syslog.service not loaded, refusing.
> >> Mar 11 12:11:02 jeos1 systemd[1]: Failed to listen on Syslog Socket.
> >>
> >> Doesn't journald also "provide" syslog.socket?
> >>
> >> Manual says:
> >>         syslog.socket
> >>             The socket unit syslog implementations should listen on. All
> >>             userspace log messages will be made available on this socket.
> > For
> >>             more information about syslog integration, please consult the
> >>             Syslog Interface[2] document
> >
> > you need no dependencies for logging ‑ journald is responsible for that
> > and even available in the initrd
>
> So journald is not listening to the syslog socket? So how are messages sent to
> the journal in a compatible way?

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/syslog/

> At least the manual page for syslog.socket is confusing then.
>
> Regards,
> Ulrich
>
> >
> > it's where early‑boot stuff comes from
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