Re: apache2 logs -> svlogd

[Alex Efros <powerman@powerman.asdfGroup.com>]

Hi!

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 06:04:02PM +0000, Torne Wuff wrote:
> Apache can do this without any external help from FIFOs etc, just use a
> configuration like this:

I know about this. But AFAIK there some problems with this way, for ex.:

    ----- Forwarded message from Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin@pobox.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:35:42 +0530
    From: Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin@pobox.com>
    To: supervision@list.skarnet.org
    Subject: svlogd choaking on lock

    Hi!

    I'm using svlogd for apache2 access logs.  However, this is not working
    too well.  The problem is that when apache restarts, say a graceful USR1
    restart, then it kills the old svlogd and starts a new one fast enough
    that I almost always get:

    svlogd: warning: unable to lock directory: /var/log/apache2/access:
    temporary failure
    svlogd: fatal: no functional log directories.

    The error log was exhibiting the same problem but then I figured out how
    to route the ErrorLog through /dev/fd/3 and then runsv took care of not
    restarting svlogd.  So only the access log problem remains.

    Suggestions?

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Recommended solution was put 'sleep 1' before svlogd, but for me it's a
little ugly and unreliable.

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			WBR, Alex.