Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:10:45 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: periodic emails Message-ID: <CAGH67wT92q0g5urq%2BsbD5TsAa0E5%2BHAMNu8=gvS%2BjqXkp8Qp0w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F02390E.4080303@FreeBSD.org> References: <E4CECE08-C9BE-4CA5-842B-420A44DCF461@lists.zabbadoz.net> <CAGH67wSUuzMtS51gOV5POEmuw3Do-Kcg6H3dawpDJ39a=OSw7A@mail.gmail.com> <4F023387.1060300@FreeBSD.org> <CAGH67wQOhsqBCRSWwH%2BaUVZWXzN0X6jLZr5L1MZycPx_-Ldygg@mail.gmail.com> <4F02350D.2050500@FreeBSD.org> <C490E037-1664-4847-81EF-0A49DC089B72@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4F02390E.4080303@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 01/02/2012 15:01, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> Looking at periodic(8) it says:
>>
>> Each script is required to exit with one of the following values:
>>
>> 0 The script has produced nothing notable in its output. The
>> <basedir>_show_success variable controls the masking of this out-
>> put.
>>
>> 1 The script has produced some notable information in its output.
>> The <basedir>_show_info variable controls the masking of this out-
>> put.
>>
>> 2 The script has produced some warnings due to invalid configuration
>> settings. The <basedir>_show_badconfig variable controls the mask-
>> ing of this output.
>>
>> >2 The script has produced output that must not be masked.
>>
>>
>> Could it even be that if setting the correct "*_show_*" config option
>> could do the right thing for me already? I have no clue how that "masking" is
>> done and in which category "has not produced any output but the heading"
>> would fall into and if other things would possibly be hidden as well?
>
> I'm not sure which problem you're trying to solve. Are you trying to
> solve the problem of "scripts that are enabled but don't have any output
> other than the header should not output anything at all?" If so, then
> yes, then *_show_success="NO" is likely what you're after.
>
> I assumed from your OP that you were trying to solve a different
> problem, but it's starting to seem like I read it wrong. Can you clarify?
Looking at the scripts, there are bugs where all of the
beforementioned scripts would always be mute (because rc=0 is
explicitly set at the bottom), unless _show_success was set to YES.
Thanks,
-Garrett
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