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Posted to test-dev@httpd.apache.org by William McKee <wi...@knowmad.com> on 2004/01/21 19:48:39 UTC
Trace level defaults to 'debug'
The testing documentation at perl.apache.org says that the current trace
level defaults to info. However, my system is outputting debug messages
to the t/logs/error_log file. Is this the correct behavior in which case
the docs are wrong? Or have I somehow configured my system to default to
debug mode?
Thanks,
William
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by William McKee <wi...@knowmad.com>.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:51:05PM -0800, Stas Bekman wrote:
> >>LogLevel debug
> >
> >That's the one I needed to set.
>
> You can override it later in your extra conf files. But it's a good idea to
> keep it at the debug level.
I was able to override but will follow your advice. The info about where
to set it (extra.conf.in) and your suggestion to use LogLevel debug
should probably be added to the patch I submitted.
> >That makes sense now. I'm still getting the client and server stuff
> >mixed up :).
>
> You don't. Apache::TestTrace works on the client and the server sides. It's
> the tracing of Apache-Test, which is unrelated to logging of Apache.
As I've recently found out. Thanks for fixing up my documentation patch.
> It takes some time to learn to appreciate Apache::TestTrace.
Actually, I've recently started using Log::Log4perl and find
Apache::TestTrace to be a similar tool. Now that I know how to use it, I
will be able to put its power to work for me.
Thanks,
William
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>.
William, please take a look at the current cvs, I've updated it with an
extended section on tracing.
here is the document explaining how to get the latest cvs of the docs
http://perl.apache.org/download/docs.html
Please check that it's all clear now and send patches if something is still
missing/wrong/etc. Thanks.
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>.
William McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:35:07PM -0800, Stas Bekman wrote:
>
>>William McKee wrote:
>>
>>>The testing documentation at perl.apache.org says that the current trace
>>>level defaults to info. However, my system is outputting debug messages
>>>to the t/logs/error_log file. Is this the correct behavior in which case
>>>the docs are wrong? Or have I somehow configured my system to default to
>>>debug mode?
>>
>>What are the 'debug' messages you are talking about?
>
>
> The [debug] messages in the t/logs/error_log. In particular the ones
> that look like the following:
>
> [Wed Jan 21 15:58:25 2004] [debug] mod_cvs.c(217): CVSCheck is off here: /index.html
Thanks.
>>The Apache LogLevel is set to 'debug':
>>
>>% grep Level t/conf/httpd.conf
>>LogLevel debug
>
>
> That's the one I needed to set.
You can override it later in your extra conf files. But it's a good idea to
keep it at the debug level.
>>The Apache-Test tracing mechanism is set to 'info'. so:
>>
>>use Apache::TestTrace;
>>info "doing foo"; # will be logged
>>debug "doing bar"; # won't be logged
>
>
> That makes sense now. I'm still getting the client and server stuff
> mixed up :).
You don't. Apache::TestTrace works on the client and the server sides. It's
the tracing of Apache-Test, which is unrelated to logging of Apache.
> --- testing.pod.orig 2004-01-21 16:21:48.000000000 -0500
> +++ testing.pod.wlm 2004-01-21 16:31:09.000000000 -0500
> @@ -310,6 +310,10 @@
>
> % t/TEST -trace=warning ...
>
> +These messages are printed to STDOUT during testing. See Apache::TestTrace for
> +more information. To control the messages printed to the server error_log, set
> +the Apache directive LogLevel. See the Apache documentation at httpd.apache.org
> +for more details.
Thanks, William, but it prints the messages to STDERR. This is documented in
the Apache::TestTrace manpage. I'll commit an adjusted version of your patch.
It takes some time to learn to appreciate Apache::TestTrace. It allows you to
keep your debug messages in the code without commenting them out and they
won't print anything till you run the test suite with:
t/TEST -trace=debug
or use the env variable. It also does a lot of magic for you, like dumping
perl structures via Data::Dumper. I also use the 'error' tracing function
quite a lot when I have a lot of debug output and I want some of it to stand
out. error() prints it in bold red.
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by William McKee <wi...@knowmad.com>.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:31:50PM -0500, William McKee wrote:
> > Please suggest a clarification to the docs now that you know all the
> > answers to this issue, William ;)
>
> Attached :).
Please ignore the previous diff. I've revised the changes to include how
to output messages.
William
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by William McKee <wi...@knowmad.com>.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:35:07PM -0800, Stas Bekman wrote:
> William McKee wrote:
> >The testing documentation at perl.apache.org says that the current trace
> >level defaults to info. However, my system is outputting debug messages
> >to the t/logs/error_log file. Is this the correct behavior in which case
> >the docs are wrong? Or have I somehow configured my system to default to
> >debug mode?
>
> What are the 'debug' messages you are talking about?
The [debug] messages in the t/logs/error_log. In particular the ones
that look like the following:
[Wed Jan 21 15:58:25 2004] [debug] mod_cvs.c(217): CVSCheck is off here: /index.html
> The Apache LogLevel is set to 'debug':
>
> % grep Level t/conf/httpd.conf
> LogLevel debug
That's the one I needed to set.
> The Apache-Test tracing mechanism is set to 'info'. so:
>
> use Apache::TestTrace;
> info "doing foo"; # will be logged
> debug "doing bar"; # won't be logged
That makes sense now. I'm still getting the client and server stuff
mixed up :).
> Refer to the Apache::TestTrace manpage for more information.
Thanks.
> Please suggest a clarification to the docs now that you know all the
> answers to this issue, William ;)
Attached :).
Thanks,
William
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Re: Trace level defaults to 'debug'
Posted by Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>.
William McKee wrote:
> The testing documentation at perl.apache.org says that the current trace
> level defaults to info. However, my system is outputting debug messages
> to the t/logs/error_log file. Is this the correct behavior in which case
> the docs are wrong? Or have I somehow configured my system to default to
> debug mode?
What are the 'debug' messages you are talking about?
The Apache LogLevel is set to 'debug':
% grep Level t/conf/httpd.conf
LogLevel debug
The Apache-Test tracing mechanism is set to 'info'. so:
use Apache::TestTrace;
info "doing foo"; # will be logged
debug "doing bar"; # won't be logged
Refer to the Apache::TestTrace manpage for more information.
Please suggest a clarification to the docs now that you know all the answers
to this issue, William ;)
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