[PATCH] added missing '\n' to ldb_debug messages

Sumit Bose sbose at redhat.com
Fri Jul 10 00:54:23 MDT 2009


On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:52:24AM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 17:23 +0200, Sumit Bose wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this patch adds a few missing '\n' to ldb debug messages to make the
> > debug experience more consistent.
> 
> I would rather the reverse - that we never specify the \n.
> 
> The inclusion of \n in Samba's DEBUG() messages is a hack dating back
> years, to do with the way Samba outputs multiple line messages.  I don't
> think we need to infect ldb with that.
> 
> Instead, ldb_debug_stderr() should be patched to output a \n on the end
> of the line, as the log format requires.  (This message can be
> redirected, and may not go to a log, and so should not have the log
> formatting oddity embeded in the code).
> 

I have talked with Simo on irc and got the impression that he preferred
having \n. In general I don't mind which way to go as long as it is only
one way.

If we agree on having no \n at all, I can send a new patch. Simo?

bye,
Sumit


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