Virtual provides for files in /var/log

[Vít Ondruch]

Dne 18.7.2013 01:02, Lennart Poettering napsal(a):
> So, maybe, instead of dropping the "Provides syslog" thing from
> journald, maybe we should add an explicit "syslog-files" dependency (or
> something named like that) and then make the classic syslog
> implementations provide that and the packages which actually need
> /var/log/messages pull that it?
>
> Lennart
>

So why there are files in /var/log and there is not obvious package, 
which creates them (unless you want to guess by name)? Shouldn't all 
package, which creates log in /var/log have some virtual provide to make 
it obvious? Why not do it properly/consistently?

Vít