On 2015-07-28 12:45 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Hi, the manual for my version (4.80) says:
>
> log_output Use: pipe Type: boolean Default: false
>
> If this option is set and the command returns any output, the first
> line of output is written to the main log, whatever the return code.
>
> It is not clear from this if "any output" includes stderr. Right below
> this it says:
>
> max_output Use: pipe Type: integer Default: 20K
>
> This specifies the maximum amount of output that the command may
> produce on its standard output and standard error file combined. If the
> limit is exceeded, the process running the command is killed. This is
> intended as a safety measure to catch runaway processes. The limit is
> applied independently of the settings of the options that control what
> is done with such output (for example, return_output).
>
> so I'm guessing the answer is yes, but it's not perfectly clear and I'm
> not taking chances.
FWIW, the wording is the same in the latest (4.86) manual, so the old
version is no reason to not clarify :-)
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