Re: [Exim] Debugging and Timestamps (more of a feature reque…

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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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À: Phil Pennock
CC: exim-users
Sujet: Re: [Exim] Debugging and Timestamps (more of a feature request!)
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Phil Pennock wrote:

> So, perhaps a better request for the wish-list is to have the -d output
> always line-buffered; since it's for debugging, not for normal use, the
> slight performance hit shouldn't really be an issue.


It already should be. There's a call to fflush() after every
debug_write().

> Avoiding feaping creaturisation is nice. :^) Perhaps worthy of a FAQ
> comment, since it might nudge the reader's thought processes over to
> "getting the output I want, from the tools available" from "getting the
> output I want, from Exim". Always a good gentle reminder, for Unix
> applications.
>
> PH, thoughts on these two feature requests as a replacement for the
> previous wishlist item?


I think adding timestamps in Exim itself could have other uses; it is
also a very small addition.

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