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Re: sddm logfile other init systems

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Dnia poniedziałek, 4 maja 2026 15:27:12 czas środkowoeuropejski letni Hefee pisze:
> Hey,
> 
> sddm ships a logfile named /var/log/sddm.log, if you look at it it is empty.
> 
> So far we know with systemd it is not used for quite a while and not 
> referenced at all. That's why we want to cleanup the package, and not drop 
> that file.
> 
> But maybe other init systems are using this log file, does anyone have a 
> system, where this file is not empty? A hint would be welcome.
> Also a note, that your init system does not use /var/log/sddm.log is helpful, 
> as we than are more safe to delete that file.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> hefee
> 

Hi,

Looks like not used (systemd):
root@DebYan:~# ls -hal /var/log/sddm.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 sddm sddm 0 03-13 09:01 /var/log/sddm.log

Regards,
yaros

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