[PATCH] chat(8) manpage clarification
Hi! I've recently tried debugging a pppd(8) connection and noticed that the information in the chat(8) manpage was a little imprecise with regard to how logging is done. According to chat.c (lines 304 onward, from 4.9-release), it will log using facility LOCAL2 and level WARNING. If -v is specified, it will also log up to level INFO. I think it might be useful to include this information in the manpage as well; see patch below. Regards, s//un Index: chat/chat.8 === RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pppd/chat/chat.8,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.18 chat.8 --- chat/chat.8 28 Oct 2010 18:34:44 - 1.18 +++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 - @@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ .It Fl S Do not use .Xr syslog 3 . -By default, error messages are logged via -.Xr syslog 3 . +By default, error messages are logged through +.Xr syslog 3 +with facility +.Ar local2 +and level +.Ar warning . The use of .Fl S will prevent both log messages from @@ -110,8 +114,10 @@ .Nm program will then log the execution state of the chat script as well as all text received from the modem and the output strings sent to the modem. -The default is to log via -.Xr syslog 3 ; +The default is to log through +.Xr syslog 3 +with level +.Ar info ; the logging method may be altered with the .Fl S and [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
Re: [PATCH] chat(8) manpage clarification
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Unterweger ste...@aleturo.com wrote: Hi! I've recently tried debugging a pppd(8) connection and noticed that the information in the chat(8) manpage was a little imprecise with regard to how logging is done. According to chat.c (lines 304 onward, from 4.9-release), it will log using facility LOCAL2 and level WARNING. If -v is specified, it will also log up to level INFO. I think it might be useful to include this information in the manpage as well; see patch below. Regards, s//un Index: chat/chat.8 === RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pppd/chat/chat.8,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.18 chat.8 --- chat/chat.8 28 Oct 2010 18:34:44 - 1.18 +++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 - @@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ .It Fl S Do not use .Xr syslog 3 . -By default, error messages are logged via -.Xr syslog 3 . +By default, error messages are logged through +.Xr syslog 3 +with facility +.Ar local2 +and level +.Ar warning . The use of .Fl S will prevent both log messages from @@ -110,8 +114,10 @@ .Nm program will then log the execution state of the chat script as well as all text received from the modem and the output strings sent to the modem. -The default is to log via -.Xr syslog 3 ; +The default is to log through +.Xr syslog 3 +with level +.Ar info ; the logging method may be altered with the .Fl S and Having scratched my head around this in the past, I can say I like it. Ok for me. ciao, David
Re: [PATCH] chat(8) manpage clarification
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 08:03:32PM +0200, David Coppa wrote: On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Unterweger ste...@aleturo.com wrote: Hi! I've recently tried debugging a pppd(8) connection and noticed that the information in the chat(8) manpage was a little imprecise with regard to how logging is done. According to chat.c (lines 304 onward, from 4.9-release), it will log using facility LOCAL2 and level WARNING. If -v is specified, it will also log up to level INFO. I think it might be useful to include this information in the manpage as well; see patch below. Regards, ? ?s//un Index: chat/chat.8 === RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pppd/chat/chat.8,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.18 chat.8 --- chat/chat.8 28 Oct 2010 18:34:44 - ? ? ?1.18 +++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 - @@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ ?.It Fl S ?Do not use ?.Xr syslog 3 . -By default, error messages are logged via -.Xr syslog 3 . +By default, error messages are logged through +.Xr syslog 3 +with facility +.Ar local2 +and level +.Ar warning . ?The use of ?.Fl S ?will prevent both log messages from @@ -110,8 +114,10 @@ ?.Nm ?program will then log the execution state of the chat script as well as all ?text received from the modem and the output strings sent to the modem. -The default is to log via -.Xr syslog 3 ; +The default is to log through +.Xr syslog 3 +with level +.Ar info ; ?the logging method may be altered with the ?.Fl S ?and Having scratched my head around this in the past, I can say I like it. Ok for me. ciao, David i committed this with two tweaks: - i used Dq for the facility/level, since that seems more consistent with the syslog pages - i made a small wording tweak, for readability, that was unrelated to the diff jmc
