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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/byteback/log.rb | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/byteback/log.rb b/lib/byteback/log.rb index 86564e4..cfd3feb 100644 --- a/lib/byteback/log.rb +++ b/lib/byteback/log.rb @@ -13,7 +13,16 @@ module Byteback def info(m); log_nopc(Syslog::LOG_INFO, m); end def warn(m); log_nopc(Syslog::LOG_WARNING, m); end def error(m); log_nopc(Syslog::LOG_ERR, m); end - def fatal(m); log_nopc(Syslog::LOG_EMERG, m); end + # + # syslog(3) says: + # + # LOG_EMERG means "system is unusable" + # LOG_ERR means "error conditions" + # + # Errors might be fatal to Byteback, but they're unlikely to make the + # whole server unusable. So lets dial this down to ERR from EMERG. + # + def fatal(m); log_nopc(Syslog::LOG_ERR, m); end def log_nopc(level, m) Syslog.log(level, m.gsub("%","%%")) |