On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
> Love this module but first thing I noticed was incorrect handling with
> logconfess. I checked out the source and I think I see the reason
> explained below.
Yep, that's a bug. Fixed in 1.12 which will be released later today.
Thanks for reporting this!
-- Mike
Mike Schilli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bug Description:
> Calling logconfess(); only prints and records the log message passed to
> logconfess() and the initiator of my module.
>
> Setup:
> Test.pl script which uses my test.pm module. My module uses the
> Log::Log4perl module and calls it from my module inside a sub routine.
> But the exact order of calls is:
> 1. test.pl runs
> 2. test.pl uses test.pm
> 3. test.pl calls $t = test->new();
> 4. test.pm uses Log::Log4perl
> 5. test->new calls test->init() where Log::Log4perl gets initialized via
> Log::Log4perl->init("log.conf");
> 6. test.pl then calls $t->blah()
> 7. test->blah() does $l = get_logger("test")
> 8. test->blah() calls $l->logconfess('testing logconfess')
>
> Result Is:
> Message in log is params on left + "testing logconfess" at ./test.pl
> line 8
>
> Expected Result:
> Message in log should be params on left + "testing logconfess at test.pm
> line x \n test::blah('hash value') called at ./test.pl line 8"
>
> I was testing out the error levels and how the messages looked before
> implementing this in my projects and I stumbled across this. I wrote my
> own logging module before and had issues with longmess() and shortmess()
> in carp. I think it's a little tricky dealing with the frame levels. I
> noticed that logcluck() works fine. So in the source I noticed that the
> main difference was how $Carp::CarpLevel was being set. In the cluck
> call its set like:
> $Carp::CarpLevel = $Carp::CarpLevel + 1;
> And in the confess call its set like:
> local $Carp::CarpLevel = 2;
> I patched my local copy to the way the logcluck is setting the
> $Carp::CarpLevel and my messages are as expected.
>
> Another thing I noticed is that doing a print Carp::longmess after
> calling get_logger will also cause this error. But if I comment out the
> get_logger call and print Carp::longmess it works as expected.
>
> Hope this makes it to the right people so the package can be updated. I
> love it so far. Writing your own logging module really is a right of
> passage in perl but what a waste of time when there are modules like
> this around!
>
> Thanks,
> ------------------------------------------
> Ali Mesdaq
> Security Researcher II
> Websense Security Labs
> http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com
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