Hi,
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 12:21 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
<zbyszek(a)in.waw.pl> wrote:
Hi,
systemd has systemd.status_unit_format= / [Manager].StatusUnitFormat=
/ -Dstatus-unit-format-default= option to use unit names instead of the
Description in messages on the kernel console and in logs:
- Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started Rule-based Manager for Device Events and
Files.
+ Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started systemd-udevd.service.
I find this more convenient because it's briefer, so it fits better on
a terminal, but primarily because I can select&paste the unit name for
further lookup. When Description is used, and I'm not familiar with
the unit, I'll often use grep first to figure out what the unit name
actually is. Finally, unit Descriptions are often not very good, and
the name is at least as informative…
I would vote for unit-names over description, as I can use them to
search information in the logs or in docs.
But I wonder why don't we consider having both unit name and description
Could something like
Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Starting systemd-udevd.service -
Rule-based Manager for Device Events...
Jun 20 22:04:48 krowka systemd[1]: Started systemd-udevd.service.
be an option?
You mention brevity, but do we really need to save space here?
Would people be opposed to making this the default (setting
-Dstatus-unit-format-default=name in build options)? People who like
the old default could set StatusUnitFormat=description in systemd.conf
Zbyszek
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