On Thursday 16 April 2009 11:26:24 Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > [Kern Sibbald]: > >> [Chandranshu]: > >> > [I] modified the code in src/cats/mysql.c to print the error > >> > message returned by mysql_error(). Then, I compiled and ran the > >> > code to see the most dubious error in my DBA career: > >> > Error 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through > >> > socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > > > Yes, I would like to see the code before making any definitive > > statement. Generally any amount of debug code is appreciated, > > though we would probably put something volumous or something a bit > > unlikely on a debug of 400 or greater. Debug of 100 is a *very* > > small number for Bacula. Virtually nothing is less than 100 except > > debug code for sockets which is at 50 and possibly some debug code a > > developer was using and forgot to increase to more than 100 ... > > IMHO, fatal errors like the above should be reported even with debug > level 0.
The problem *is* reported, the question is to strike a balance between reporting problem details and possibly adding a million lines of code that diagnose every potential problem that could come up. In any case, as I said, I wait to see the code before making any definitive statement. Regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users