A bit of explanation of how logging works: each module in weewx uses a different 'logger.' If you look at the top of reportengine.py, you'll see
log = logging.getLogger(__name__) This sets the logger for the module reportengine.py to __name__, or 'weewx.reportengine'. That's why the error is marked as weewx.reportengine. That's just who is making the log entry. It does not necessarily reflect where the error occurred. The exception was actually raised deeper down the call stack. To see exactly where, we'd have to ask for a stack trace. The log entry is being made by weewx.reportengine because that's where the exception was caught. The report engine runs in its own thread. It can crash, as it did, without bringing down the rest of WeeWX. That's why MQTT and the rest of the program continue to run. -tk On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 6:57 AM Tom Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running Python 3.8.5. > > I'm slightly confused though, because the format specifier %(asctime)s is > doing exactly what it should.... > it seems to me, that weewx.reportengine: Syntax error: missing option > "asctime" in interpolation. would be the report engine trying to do > something with a bit of weewx.conf that it shouldn't be... that's also the > only thing that stops working (no reports are generated, but data is still > logged and MQTT still operates) when I uncomment those 3 lines in my > weewx.conf file. > am I wrong? (I totally could be!) > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 5:48:16 AM UTC-6 [email protected] > wrote: > >> The format specifier %(asctime)s is supplied by the Python library, not >> WeeWX. Documentation >> <https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes>. >> >> Looks like there's a bug in either your copy of the library, or in the >> OS. I don't know what version of Python you are using, but perhaps you >> could upgrade to a later version...? >> >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 7:52 PM Tom Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’m on Alpine Linux inside a docker container... the reason the log goes >>> in the user directory is because syslog doesn’t work properly in python 3 >>> under alpine... for some reason that’s beyond my ability to fix... >>> >>> Everything works fine if I remove the format deceleration... but if it’s >>> there, the archive process never seems to complete successfully. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 19:31 Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting aside the wisdom of putting the log in the user subdirectory, >>>> this worked for me and results in log entries that look like: >>>> >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading >>>> service weewx.restx.StdCWOP >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished >>>> loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading >>>> service weewx.restx.StdWOW >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished >>>> loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading >>>> service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS >>>> 2020-09-29 18:16:32,402 wee_reports[16734] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished >>>> loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> What platform are you running on? >>>> >>>> -tk >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 12:31 PM Tom Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I've put the below into my weewx.conf file to modify the logging since >>>>> I'm running this in a docker container: >>>>> >>>>> [Logging] >>>>> # Root logger >>>>> [[root]] >>>>> handlers = rotate, # 1 >>>>> [[loggers]] >>>>> [[[weewx.restx]]] >>>>> level = WARNING >>>>> [[handlers]] >>>>> # Log to a set of rotating files >>>>> [[[rotate]]] >>>>> level = DEBUG # 2 >>>>> formatter = standard # 3 >>>>> class = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler # 4 >>>>> filename = /home/weewx/bin/user/weewx.log # 5 >>>>> maxBytes = 5000000 # 6 >>>>> backupCount = 1 # 7 >>>>> [[formatters]] >>>>> [[[standard]]] >>>>> format = "%(asctime)s {process_name}[%(process)d] >>>>> %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Everything works great! except, I get the following in the log when >>>>> the archive runs: >>>>> >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,887 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: Syntax >>>>> error: missing option "asctime" in interpolation. >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,887 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >>>>> Report ignored >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,958 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: Syntax >>>>> error: missing option "asctime" in interpolation. >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,959 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >>>>> Report ignored >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,994 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: Syntax >>>>> error: missing option "asctime" in interpolation. >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:20,994 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >>>>> Report ignored >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:21,010 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: Syntax >>>>> error: missing option "asctime" in interpolation. >>>>> 2020-09-29 13:25:21,010 weewx[1] ERROR weewx.reportengine: **** >>>>> Report ignored >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts on how to resolve that error? 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