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New release notes: New newsyslog(8) features.

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Submitted by:	gad
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-05-08 22:29:28 +00:00
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unless UFS1 is specifically requested with the
<option>-O1</option> option.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now supports a <literal>W</literal> flag
to force previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; has a number of new features. Among them:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>W</literal> flag
forces previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
group of entries specified with the <literal>G</literal> flag)
to finish before beginning a new one. This feature is designed
to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <quote>default rotate action</quote>, to be used for
files specified for rotation but not specified in the
configuration file. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <option>-s</option> command-line flag to disable
sending signals to processes when rotating
files. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>N</literal> configuration file flag to
indicate that no process needs to be signaled when
rotating a file. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>U</literal> configuration file flag to
specify that a process group (rather than a single
process) should be signaled when rotating
files. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be

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unless UFS1 is specifically requested with the
<option>-O1</option> option.</para>
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; now supports a <literal>W</literal> flag
to force previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
<para>&man.newsyslog.8; has a number of new features. Among them:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>W</literal> flag
forces previously-started compression jobs for an entry (or
group of entries specified with the <literal>G</literal> flag)
to finish before beginning a new one. This feature is designed
to prevent system overloads caused by starting several
compression jobs on big files simultaneously. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <quote>default rotate action</quote>, to be used for
files specified for rotation but not specified in the
configuration file. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <option>-s</option> command-line flag to disable
sending signals to processes when rotating
files. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>N</literal> configuration file flag to
indicate that no process needs to be signaled when
rotating a file. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <literal>U</literal> configuration file flag to
specify that a process group (rather than a single
process) should be signaled when rotating
files. &merged;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>&man.nsdispatch.3; is now thread-safe and implements support
for Name Service Switch (NSS) modules. NSS modules may be