[webkit-dev] Proposal to enable logging under non-systemd linux distros

[Michael Catanzaro]

On Wed, Oct 20 2021 at 02:07:56 AM +0200, Pablo Correa Gomez via 
webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
>  - Rename USE_SYSTEMD to USE_JOURNALD and have a conditional check
> which looks for elogind if libsystemd is not found, similar to the 
> hack
> I used for proof-testing.

This one! Do this one! We don't need two different build options for 
systemd vs. elogind, when all we really care about is whether the 
journald API is available.

Michael

P.S. (We might also consider adding an environment variable to redirect 
all log messages to stderr. This is *almost* possible now after 
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/283469/webkit, but requires more 
playing with the #if guards. Don't worry about this if you're not 
interested in working on it. I just mention it in case that sounds like 
your idea of an exciting project. ;)