Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:14:40PM +0200, Michael Schuerig wrote: > Package: autofs > Version: 5.0.8-1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > automounter logs irrelevant messages as errors. > > A block of messages like these appears every 15 minutes in my logs > > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: macro_setenv: table 0x7f334c000c00 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def SHOST lv->val fuchsia > lv->next 0x7f334c000b70 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def HOME lv->val /home/michael > lv->next 0x7f334c000ab0 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def GROUP lv->val michael > lv->next 0x7f334c000a40 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def USER lv->val michael > lv->next 0x7f334c0009d0 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def GID lv->val 1000 lv->next > 0x7f334c000960 > Jul 16 22:15:58 fuchsia automount[25623]: lv->def UID lv->val 1000 lv->next > (nil) > > They originate from macro_setenv in lib/macros.rb. The relevant lines are > > error(LOGOPT_ANY, "table %p", table); > dump_table(table); > > As the function still continues and returns without internally indicating > any error, I take it that these messages are simply debugging leftovers > from when the code was originally written. > > In themselves, these messages are not harmful, but they overcrowd log files > and may distract from important messages.
Agreed with that. That said, it looks it has been fixed upstream with commit https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/storage/autofs/autofs.git/commit/?id=ffc26908973bb6fbdcd3f69874a4d8686f7172fd I think this would be nice to have fixed as well back to jessie. Regards, Salvatore
