On 2015-07-28 12:45 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

> Hi, the manual for my version (4.80) says:
> 
>  log_output     Use: pipe      Type: boolean     Default: false
> 
>  If this option is set and the command returns any output, the first
>  line of output is written to the main log, whatever the return code.
> 
> It is not clear from this if "any output" includes stderr.  Right below
> this it says:
> 
>  max_output      Use: pipe    Type: integer         Default: 20K
> 
>  This specifies the maximum amount of output that the command may
>  produce on its standard output and standard error file combined. If the
>  limit is exceeded, the process running the command is killed. This is
>  intended as a safety measure to catch runaway processes. The limit is
>  applied independently of the settings of the options that control what
>  is done with such output (for example, return_output).
> 
> so I'm guessing the answer is yes, but it's not perfectly clear and I'm
> not taking chances.

FWIW, the wording is the same in the latest (4.86) manual, so the old
version is no reason to not clarify :-)

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