[Bug 1040900] [NEW] syslog messages truncated to 256 chars during debian-installer run

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We're seeing syslog messages during installers runs truncated to 256
chars. This is annoying.

Digging into the debian-installer source, its calling /sbin/syslogd from
the initrd - this is a busybox binary. In the busybox source, there's a
config variable CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE that defaults to
256. From the code, that looks to be the problem.

Can we either -
1. fix busybox to use a dynamic buffer, or
2. bump the config variable up to 1024 or so?

I'm perfectly happy with solution 2 :)

** Affects: busybox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


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syslog messages truncated to 256 chars during debian-installer run
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040900
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