Re: [Ltib] [patch] Better logfile handling

[Stuart Hughes]

Svein Seldal wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
>
> Stuart Hughes wrote:
> > I think Tom's suggestion is good.
>
> Yes, I do too.
>
> > The primary reason for the host_config.log being as it is is so that
> > I can get a clean capture of new installation failures.  This is the
> > most common failure as new distributions come out and so is more for
> > my sanity as I can ask people to send it to me.
>
> Which is a nice thing. But wouldn't it be great to have a similar 
> features for non-hostcf builds? If I'm not mistaking, there is no 
> functionality to log to file (except for using > or tee), right? Why one 
> without the other?

The reason is that if a new user who knows nothing about LTIB tries to 
install and fails, by default I can say "send me host_config.log" and I 
know they'll have it, I don't have to explain about tee.  Most of the 
support issue come from installations on distributions I have never 
tried (many have quirks).

I guess it would be possible to add a --logfile option for normal 
builds, but given tee is simple to use it hasn't been a high priority.

> And while I'm at it: It would also be nice to be able to disable 
> host_config.log and dump to stdout/stderr instead. At least I miss it.

I saw you found the -N option.

Regards, Stuart