New comment by freshprince on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/34676#issuecomment-1003314686 Comment: >> explicit is better than implicit because if you want to check logs you >> shouldn't need to know what's the default behaviour of vlogger > We'll need to have a Void team member weigh in on this because the history of > the logging service (introduced in #31263) was what made me start using > vlogger instead of the older exec logger ... pattern. For synapse, logging of stderr doesn't really make sense anyway since it only produces output when there's a problem with the configuration. > You are correct that this is confusing, so likely these paragraphs should be > patched out as well. Sure you can ignore what the authors of the software and people that use it tell you and do it anyway. > these are either optional or only needed for advanced functionality If registering a user in the command line (which you do when you follow the installation instructions) is advanced functionality for you. I've rearranged my patches. Feel free to do with them as you please. I'll just ``` echo -e "preserve=/etc/synapse/*\npreserve=/etc/sv/synapse/*" >> /etc/xbps.d/synapse.conf ``` and be done with it.