[Logcheck-devel] Bug#408037: will not fix

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:45:16AM +0100, Pierre HABOUZIT wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:40:41PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:36:00PM +0000, martin f krafft wrote:
> > > tags 408037 wontfix
> > > thanks

> > > Steve, I am not happy with filtering this message on the basis that
> > > is *is* an uncorrectable sector and thus a problem that should get
> > > fixed.

> > No, smartd already sends its own emails about this by default.  If logcheck
> > is going to insist on a policy of including *duplicate* notices in its own
> > output, then I don't think I have any use for logcheck.

> > It's also not a problem that can "get fixed", short of replacing the
> > hardware.

>   AIUI you're not forced to send mails with smartd

No, you're not, but it's the default.

If I'm getting the mails, why should logcheck repeat the information?

If I override the default, why should logcheck send me stuff I've asked not
to get mails about?

>   Obviously this has the drawback to warn you at logcheck rate rather
> than smartd (which performs checks more often). But I must say I agree
> with Martin here, by default logcheck should not assume that you already
> read smartd errors through another channel, that should be a per 'admin'
> setting (IMHO).

Obviously it is a per-'admin' setting; the question is about which is a
reasonable default.

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