On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 08:03:32PM +0200, David Coppa wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Unterweger <[email protected]> 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 -0000 ? ? ?1.18 > > +++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 -0000 > > @@ -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
