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Diffstat (limited to 'src/journal/journalctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/journal/journalctl.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c index 1b52a22179..cf359d20ca 100644 --- a/src/journal/journalctl.c +++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c @@ -1214,10 +1214,11 @@ static int add_boot(sd_journal *j) { const char *reason = (r == 0) ? "No such boot ID in journal" : strerror(-r); if (sd_id128_is_null(arg_boot_id)) - log_error("Failed to look up boot %+i: %s", arg_boot_offset, reason); + log_error("Data from the specified boot (%+i) is not available: %s", + arg_boot_offset, reason); else - log_error("Failed to look up boot ID "SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR"%+i: %s", - SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(arg_boot_id), arg_boot_offset, reason); + log_error("Data from the specified boot ("SD_ID128_FORMAT_STR") is not available: %s", + SD_ID128_FORMAT_VAL(arg_boot_id), reason); return r == 0 ? -ENODATA : r; } @@ -2169,6 +2170,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { assert_not_reached("Unknown action"); } + if (arg_boot_offset != 0 && + sd_journal_has_runtime_files(j) > 0 && + sd_journal_has_persistent_files(j) == 0) { + log_info("Specifying boot ID has no effect, no persistent journal was found"); + r = 0; + goto finish; + } /* add_boot() must be called first! * It may need to seek the journal to find parent boot IDs. */ r = add_boot(j); |