Re: (ITS#4666) -d ? says: unrecognized log level '?'

[ando@sys-net.it]

Mark Smith wrote:
> That was fast!  I tested the HEAD and got this output:
>
>> Installed log subsystems:
>>
>>         Any                            (-1)
>>         Trace                          (1)
>>         Packets                        (2)
>>         Args                           (4)
>>         Conns                          (8)
>>         BER                            (16)
>>         Filter                         (32)
>>         Config                         (64)
>>         ACL                            (128)
>>         Stats                          (256)
>>         Stats2                         (512)
>>         Shell                          (1024)
>>         Parse                          (2048)
>>         Sync                           (16384)
>>         None                           (32768)
>>
>> NOTE: custom log subsystems may be later installed by specific code
>
> This is great, although I am not sure what the NOTE means exactly.  I 
> assume the OpenLDAP log system is extensible, e.g., I could write an 
> overlay that added a log subsystem named Stats3?  Or it would only be 
> selectable with -d using a number such as 65536?
It is.  As far as I know, pcache is the only official overlay that adds 
a log level; however, this occurs after options parsing.  In that case, 
we should defer handling of "-d '?'" to after backends (and overlays) 
are initialized.  I'll leave this for later.

p.



Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
OpenLDAP Core Team

SysNet s.n.c.
Via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA
http://www.sys-net.it
------------------------------------------
Office:   +39.02.23998309
Mobile:   +39.333.4963172
Email:    pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it
------------------------------------------