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diff --git a/open_issues/translator_stdout_stderr.mdwn b/open_issues/translator_stdout_stderr.mdwn index 11793582..14ea1c6d 100644 --- a/open_issues/translator_stdout_stderr.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/translator_stdout_stderr.mdwn @@ -11,11 +11,43 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_hurd]] +There have been several discussions and proposals already, about adding a +suitable logging mechanism to translators, for example. + + Decide / implement / fix that (all?) running (passive?) translators' output should show up on the (Mach / Hurd) console / syslog. + [[!taglink open_issue_documentation]]: [[!message-id "87oepj1wql.fsf@becket.becket.net"]] + [[!taglink open_issue_documentation]]: Neal once had written an email on this topic. + + +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-06 + + <youpi> about CLI_DEBUG, you can use #define CLI_DEBUG(fmt, ...) { + fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); fflush(stderr); } + <tschwinge> Isn't stderr in auto-flush mode by default? + <tschwinge> man setbuf: The standard error stream stderr is always + unbuffered by default. + <youpi> tschwinge: "by default" is the important thing here + <youpi> in the case of translators iirc stderr is buffered + <tschwinge> youpi: Oh! + <tschwinge> That sounds wrong. + + +IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-11-23 + + <braunr> we'd need a special logging task for hurd servers + <pinotree> if syslog would work, that could be used optionally + <braunr> no, it relies on services provided by the hurd + <braunr> i'm thinking of something using merely the mach interface + <braunr> e.g. using mach_msg to send log messages to a special port used to + reference the logging service + <braunr> which would then store the messages in a circular buffer in ram + <braunr> maybe sending to syslog if the service is available + <braunr> the hurd system buffer if you want |