[chef] Re: Re: Re: 10.14.4 broken output formatters?

[Phil Dibowitz < >]

On 10/02/2012 09:28 AM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> To reply to Bryan's comment about logging vs. formatter output, the reason 
> why
> it works this way now is simply that output formatters are a new feature 
> that
> we'd like to have people test in the real world (before they become the
> default in Chef 11.0). When the formatter output does become the default, we
> need to decide what we do about the logger output.
> 
> Presently, my opinion is that the logger output should go to a logfile[0]
> (though I'm open to being convinced otherwise, if there are good arguments),
> but for a subset of users running Chef as a non-root user additional changes
> are required to make chef log to a location writable by non-root users. 
> Rather
> than tackle these issues up-front, we decided to leave the choice up to 
> users
> who are opting-in to using the formatter feature for now.
> 
> 1. e.g., chef-client -L/var/log/chef_client.log -Fmin (or -Fdoc, etc.)

Well, the thing here that I missed and that I think most people will miss
until they look closely is that you're always getting *both* because they are
two independent logging systems. So setting -lfatal just minimizes the logger
output so your formatter output isn't trampled over.

Once I realized that, it all made more sense. :)

-- 
Phil Dibowitz                             

 
Open Source software and tech docs        Insanity Palace of Metallica
http://www.phildev.net/                   http://www.ipom.com/

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter
 and those who matter don't mind."
 - Dr. Seuss

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature