diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/createlinks e-smith-base-5.8.1/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/createlinks	2022-02-11 17:42:10.877000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/createlinks	2022-02-17 17:04:06.915000000 -0500
@@ -109,6 +109,24 @@
 	logrotate
 	e-smith-base-update
 	));
+templates2events("/etc/logrotate.conf",  qw(
+        console-save
+        bootstrap-console-save
+        post-install
+        post-upgrade
+        email-update
+        logrotate
+        e-smith-base-update
+        ));
+templates2events("/etc/systemd/journald.conf",  qw(
+        console-save
+        bootstrap-console-save
+        post-install
+        post-upgrade
+        email-update
+        logrotate
+        e-smith-base-update
+        ));
 templates2events("/etc/updatedb.conf", qw(
 	bootstrap-console-save
 	e-smith-base-update
@@ -264,24 +282,6 @@
 templates2events("/etc/lynx.cfg", qw(console-save bootstrap-console-save e-smith-base-update));
 templates2events("/etc/elinks.conf", qw(bootstrap-console-save e-smith-base-update));
 
-#
-# Set up generic logfile timestamp renaming/symlinking
-
-foreach (qw(
-    /var/log/messages
-    /var/log/boot.log
-    /var/log/secure
-    /var/log/cron
-    /var/log/spooler
-    /var/log/maillog
-    ))
-{
-    safe_touch "root/etc/e-smith/events/logrotate/logfiles2timestamp/$_";
-    safe_touch "root/etc/e-smith/events/post-install/logfiles2timestamp/$_";
-    safe_touch "root/etc/e-smith/events/post-upgrade/logfiles2timestamp/$_";
-    safe_touch "root/etc/e-smith/events/e-smith-base-update/logfiles2timestamp/$_";
-}
-
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # functions for manager panel
 #--------------------------------------------------
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
 event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
-event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
+event_link("rotate_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
 event_link("set-hostname", $event, "10");
 event_link("rmmod-bonding", $event, "10");
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
 event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
-event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
+event_link("rotate_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-passwords", $event, "10");
 event_link("conf-startup", $event, "10");
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
 event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
-event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
+event_link("rotate_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
 event_link("conf-startup", $event, "10");
 event_link("user-lock-passwd", $event, "15");
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 
 $event = "logrotate";
 
-event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
+event_link("rotate_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("purge-old-logs", $event, "75");
 
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/rsyslog");
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/purge-old-logs e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/purge-old-logs
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/purge-old-logs	2014-03-23 22:47:24.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/purge-old-logs	2022-02-17 16:42:16.977000000 -0500
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 sub process
 {
     #------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Files older than 35 days, matching our naming scheme.
+    # Files older than $length days, matching our naming scheme.
     #------------------------------------------------------------------
     if ( -f and (int(-M) > $length) and /^[A-Za-z_].*\.\d{14}$/ )
     {
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_logfiles e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_logfiles
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_logfiles	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_logfiles	2022-02-17 16:43:24.450000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/usr/sbin/logrotate -s /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status /etc/logrotate.conf
+EXITVALUE=$?
+if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
+    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
+fi
+exit 0
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles	2014-03-23 22:47:24.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/rotate_timestamped_logfiles	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl -w
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# copyright (C) 2003-2007 Mitel Networks Corporation
-# 
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-# 		
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-# 		
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
-# 
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-use strict;
-use File::Find;
-use File::Copy;
-
-sub setup_logfile_symlink;
-
-my $event = shift or die "Event name is required\n";
-
-my $logfile_dir = "/etc/e-smith/events/$event/logfiles2timestamp";
-if (-d $logfile_dir)
-{
-    # Prepare log rotation if required
-    chdir $logfile_dir or die "Could not chdir to $logfile_dir: $!\n";;
-    find({
-	    no_chdir => 1,
-	    follow => 0,
-	    wanted => \&setup_logfile_symlink,
-	    },
-	    '.'
-	);
-}
-
-exit 0;
-
-sub setup_logfile_symlink
-{
-    return unless -f $_;
-    s/^\.//;
-    my $filename = $_;
-
-    # Set up filenames to be used by rsyslog. We first set up symlinks
-    # with known names, then use the value of the symlink when we
-    # expand the configuration files
-    my $time = time();
-
-    if (-f "${filename}" and ! -l "${filename}")
-    {
-	my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime($time - 1);
-	my $target = sprintf("%s.%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d",
-	    $filename, $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec);
-	move("${filename}", "${target}") or
-	    die "Could not move ${filename} to " .
-		"${target}";
-    }
-    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime($time);
-    my $target = sprintf("%s.%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d",
-	$filename, $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday, $hour, $min, $sec);
-
-    if (-l "${filename}")
-    {
-	unlink("${filename}") or
-	    warn "Could not unlink ${filename}";
-    }
-    symlink("${target}", "${filename}") or
-	warn "Could not symlink ${target} to ${filename}";
-}
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/05rotate e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/05rotate
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/05rotate	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/05rotate	2022-02-17 16:58:03.522000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# see "man logrotate" for details
+# rotate log files weekly
+{
+#daily, weekly, monthly
+$rotate=$rsyslog{'RotateDays'} || '7';
+$OUT="weekly" ;
+$OUT="monthly" if ( $rotate > 21 );
+$OUT="daily" if ( $rotate == 1 );
+}
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/10keep e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/10keep
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/10keep	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/10keep	2022-02-17 16:58:03.988000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+$rotate=$rsyslog{'RotateDays'} || 7;
+$purge=$rsyslog{'PurgeLength'} || 95;
+$OUT.="#Remove rotated logs older than <count> days.
+maxage $purge\n\n";
+$total=$rsyslog{'KeepNumber'} || sprintf("%.0f",$purge/$rotate)||4;
+$OUT.="# keep n weeks worth of backlogs
+rotate $total\n";
+}
+maxsize {$rsyslog{'MaxSize'} || "100M";}
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/11notifempty e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/11notifempty
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/11notifempty	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/11notifempty	2022-02-17 16:58:03.738000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# we de not want to collect empty rotated logs
+notifempty
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/20empty e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/20empty
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/20empty	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/20empty	2022-02-17 16:58:02.389000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
+create
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/30extension e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/30extension
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/30extension	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/30extension	2022-02-17 16:58:02.614000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# use date as a suffix of the rotated file
+dateext
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/35compress e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/35compress
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/35compress	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/35compress	2022-02-17 16:58:02.836000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
+#compress
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/37rpms e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/37rpms
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/37rpms	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/37rpms	2022-02-17 16:58:03.064000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
+include /etc/logrotate.d
+
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/40included e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/40included
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/40included	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/logrotate.conf/40included	2022-02-17 16:58:03.297000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here
+/var/log/wtmp \{
+    monthly
+    create 0664 root utmp
+        minsize 1M
+    rotate 1
+\}
+
+/var/log/btmp \{
+    missingok
+    monthly
+    create 0600 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+\}
+
+# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/10modules e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/10modules
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/10modules	2014-03-23 22:47:23.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/10modules	2022-02-11 17:56:35.715000000 -0500
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@
 # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd)
 }
 $ModLoad imklog
+{
+# provides --MARK-- message capability
+}
+$ModLoad immark
+{
+# provides getting logs from journald
+}
+$ModLoad imjournal
+
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/11imjournal e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/11imjournal
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/11imjournal	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rsyslog.conf/11imjournal	2022-02-11 17:57:31.898000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+# configuration for imjournal to import journald log
+}
+$ImjournalIgnorePreviousMessages on
+$OmitLocalLogging off
+$IMJournalStateFile imjournal.state
+$SystemLogSocketName /run/systemd/journal/syslog
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/01header e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/01header
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/01header	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/01header	2022-02-17 17:03:32.699000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
+# You can change settings by editing this file.
+# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
+#
+# See journald.conf(5) for details.
+
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/05journal e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/05journal
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/05journal	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/05journal	2022-02-17 17:03:32.938000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[Journal]
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/08dest e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/08dest
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/08dest	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/08dest	2022-02-17 17:03:33.153000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Storage=persistent
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/09Compress e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/09Compress
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/09Compress	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/09Compress	2022-02-17 17:03:33.420000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#Compress=yes
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/10Seal e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/10Seal
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/10Seal	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/10Seal	2022-02-17 17:03:33.649000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#Seal=yes
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/11SplitMode e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/11SplitMode
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/11SplitMode	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/11SplitMode	2022-02-17 17:03:33.880000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#SplitMode=uid
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/20Rates e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/20Rates
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/20Rates	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/20Rates	2022-02-17 17:03:34.104000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#SyncIntervalSec=5m
+#RateLimitInterval=30s
+#RateLimitBurst=1000
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/30System e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/30System
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/30System	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/30System	2022-02-17 17:03:34.776000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#SystemMaxUse= # default 10% and not more than 4G
+#SystemKeepFree= # default 15% and not more than 4G
+#SystemMaxFileSize= # default 1/8 SystemMaxUse
+#RuntimeMaxUse=
+#RuntimeKeepFree=
+#RuntimeMaxFileSize=
+MaxRetentionSec={$rsyslog{'PurgeLength'} || '95'}day
+MaxFileSec={$rsyslog{'RotateDays'} || '7'}day
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/40Forward e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/40Forward
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/40Forward	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/40Forward	2022-02-17 17:03:34.339000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ForwardToSyslog=no
+#ForwardToKMsg=no
+#ForwardToConsole=no
+#ForwardToWall=yes
+#TTYPath=/dev/console
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/50MaxLevel e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/50MaxLevel
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/50MaxLevel	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/systemd/journald.conf/50MaxLevel	2022-02-17 17:03:34.549000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#MaxLevelStore=debug
+#MaxLevelSyslog=debug
+#MaxLevelKMsg=notice
+#MaxLevelConsole=info
+#MaxLevelWall=emerg
+#LineMax=48K
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre	2022-02-13 00:01:02.364000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# before 10.1 rsyslog was listening to /dev/log
+# we want systemd-journald listen to that now
+# and rsyslog to /run/systemd/journal/syslog
+# will not be needed in SME 11
+
+if [[ ! -S /dev/log ]]; then
+  #echo "no /dev/log"
+  /usr/bin/systemctl restart systemd-journald.socket
+  /usr/bin/systemctl restart systemd-journald.service
+fi
+
+# we can now keep going with rsyslog startup
+# /etc/rsyslog.conf will define the use of /run/systemd/journal/syslog
+
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/51koozali.conf e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/51koozali.conf
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/51koozali.conf	2021-06-06 16:30:37.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service.d/51koozali.conf	2022-02-13 00:03:56.829000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/rsyslog.conf
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre
+ExecStartPost=-/sbin/e-smith/systemd/rsyslog-pre
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sme-server.target