Well, this is my first shot at making a wrapper for logger for packages to use. This is just for testing and usability try outs. I used dpkg-divert as a template so that it could easily be droped into dpkg-?.?.?/scripts/ for actual usage. The only thing it needs now is a formal proposal written up with the proper ammendments to the policy. I'm working on that now. After that I hope I can get some developers to back the proposal in order to get a vote. The script works in this way: Usage: dpkg-logger [ --stdout ] <pkgname> <level> message|<message --stdout Also echo message to stdout as well as log <pkgname> The package that is sending this message <level> One of: info, warn, alert, debug Please read the policy manual for usage of levels. Debug is not for production, but is for testing only. message The message you wish to have logged. This is either on the command line or from stdin (command line takes precedence) What it does: Right now I have it set to log to local6 priority (can be whatever). I set it up for only 4 levels of logging to accept, 3 production, 1 testing. IMO, there shouldn't be a need for more. Plus if another logging mechanism replaces dpkg-logger with an alternative, the new wrapper only needs to implement those 4. The --stdout option sends the output to screen, as well as the log mechanism (in this case syslog). Package name is pretty obvious. It is prepended with "pkg:" in the log. The message can either be on the command line like: dpkg-logger foo-dev info This is some info text to log Or on stdin like: dpkg-logger foo-dev info << EOF This is some multi line text blah blah blah EOF If for some weird reason there is stdin and command line message text, command line takes precedence. If the /usr/bin/logger binary is missing, it sends all output to stdout regardless. Here is some sample output in syslog Jan 2 02:54:51 marcus pkg:foo-dev: This is some info text -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <b.m.collins@larc.nasa.gov> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. bcollins@debian.org ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation
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