From: Erez Zadok Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:27:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: reorg NEWS a bit X-Git-Tag: am-utils-6_2a2~36 X-Git-Url: https://git.fsl.cs.stonybrook.edu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=17ff0afa234a2c9d77c49700a754bbaed67f72fa;p=am-utils-6.1.git reorg NEWS a bit --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6e4a9a6..595cbc1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ Amd. Tell syslog not to log automatically to /dev/console; it's unfriendly. If user really wants to, they can set it in /etc/syslog.conf. -Amd now understands a new log_option called "defaults" which is synonymous -with "fatal,error,user,warning,info" (and is also what logging happens by -default). - -Amd now understands a new debug_option called "defaults" which is synonymous -with "all,nohrtime,nomtab,noxdrtrace". - Moved pawd's path-matching functionality into Amd, where it can be done a lot more efficiently (we no longer need to construct and send the whole mounted tree, only to match small parts of it). This will lessen the CPU @@ -58,12 +51,19 @@ remain small, but they are important to keep on, so Amd can report serious problems (including errors relating to incorrectly setting other log options). +Amd now understands a new log_option called "defaults" which is synonymous +with "fatal,error,user,warning,info" (and is also what logging happens by +default). + +Amd now understands a new debug_option called "defaults" which is synonymous +with "all,nohrtime,nomtab,noxdrtrace". + Changed the misleading inverted logic of certain debug_options: 1. "xdrtrace" is included in "all" because "all" (as the name implies), - *all* options, not just a subset. If you want the old behavior of "all" - then use "defaults" (all only adds "xdrtrace" which can be chatty only - some systems). + should be *all* options, not just a subset. If you want the old behavior + of "all" then use "defaults" (all only adds "xdrtrace" which can be + chatty on some systems). 2. Certain debug options are hereby declared immutable: they may not be changed by "amq -D" after Amd starts, because it doesn't make much sense @@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ Changed the misleading inverted logic of certain debug_options: Note: unfortunately, these changes to the "daemon," "fork," and "amq" debug options may be incompatible with people's previous use of Amd. - Sorry, but we have to fix those old problems sooner or later. However, - if you never set any debug_options, or you used to "all," then you won't - be affected by the change in meaning of these three flags. + Some of you may have to update your amd.conf slightly or your startup + options (if they're hard-coded in your amd startup script). Sorry, but + we have to fix those old problems sooner or later. However, if you never + set any debug_options, or you used to "all," then you won't be affected + by the change in meaning of these three flags. - minor new ports: i386-pc-linux-deb3.1