[arch-general] syslog-ng depends on systemd?

[Allan McRae]

On 21/10/12 17:28, gt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with the recent update of syslog-ng (3.3.6-2), systemd has been added as
> a dependency. 
> 
> I though systemd providing its own logging and syslog-ng wasn't needed.
> Then why is systemd needed for syslog-ng to run? As far i can see from
> the diffs, nothing has changed apart from adding systemd as a
> dependency.
> 


Look in syslog-ng.conf:

unix-dgram("/run/systemd/journal/syslog");


That means, in its default configuration it requires systemd.