Hello:

On 12 Dec 2025 at 16:38, Marjorie Roome via Dng wrote:

> I hope and expect apt, aptitude, etc. will produce a similar clean replacement.
> I've only tried it with Synaptic.
Right.

> ... the two sylogers are strict alternatives ("conflicts with") ...
Hence the clean replacement.

> >Q: Noticed any logs missing from your system?
> Not seem any changes (yet) ...
Good to know.

> ... rsyslog didn't manage all logs.
Right.

> ... BSD or ISO is largely a personal matter.
Of course.

> ... strongly prefer a timestamp that provided the year.
> ... would be helpful to mention what happens ...
Thanks for that.

> If you were using ISO previously ...
> ... just substituting syslog-ng will result in a discontinuity ...
I see.

> ... you may need to check if that app has any expectations ...
I'll have a look then.

> ... know it would work as I expect before I updated my mail server
> where there are programs such as fail-to-ban that process the logs.
Not my case.
I just don't want to have an application dipped into the A1 by the
developer inside my box. A hard *no* for me.

> ... content with the default BSD timestamp you don't need ...
It may be a good idea to leave it as it is and see what happens.

> ... can configure syslog-ng to provide it, and you can do it ...
My needs are simple: readable, coherent and reliably generated logs
for my workstation.

> ... syslog-ng is very flexible.
So it seems.

Given the A1 flag (by the developerno less!) it may well be time to
rid the Devuan repositories of [rsyslog].

Thank you very much for your input *and* for drawing our attention to
[syslog-ng].

Have a good weekend.

Best,

A.