Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/11987: vacation(1) documentation and error logging both suck Message-ID: <199906101720.KAA65113@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/11987: vacation(1) documentation and error logging both suck
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:13:40 +0200
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:55:51 MST, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote:
> Hey! I paid my dues already as regards to donating time to free
> software projects.
Perhaps I misread the tone of your message. Regardless, mine wasn't
called for. Let me offer you a more civil response:
1) Returning >0 is pretty much a standard UNIXism to the extent that
a manpage that doesn't mention it can't really be said to "suck".
2) The manpage _does_ mention that erorr messages are logged through the
syslog(3) interface. The manpage has always mentioned this.
3) It _is_ a good idea to log through syslog. The whole point of
vacation is that it's often used by people who are _away_ from the
system. Therefore it's usually best for error messages to go
somewhere that the administrator will pick them up.
4) Because error messages go somewhere that is visible to the
administrator, the mysterious "error 1" is easy for her to
investigate.
Hopefully, this provides you with the academic motivation behind my
somewhat emotional response.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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