[RFC] make bb_[p]error_msgXXXX() functions able to direct output to syslog

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Sunday 03 September 2006 20:02, Tito wrote:
> > I prefer:
> > 
> > 	bb_logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
> > 	...
> > 	xopen(...); /* will output error to stderr & to syslog */
> 
> So you will need to reset this multiple times in the same app:
> 
> bb_logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
> msg(a)
> bb_logmode = LOGMODE_*;
> msg(b)
> bb_logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
> 
> etc.
> 
> maybe a size increase!?!

Yes, mighty 1 (one) instruction per store. Yeah, tragedy...

BTW, this particular example doesn't really need switching:

bb_logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH;
msg(a);
/* not needed: bb_logmode = LOGMODE_STDIO; */
printf(b);
/* not needed: bb_logmode = LOGMODE_BOTH; */
...

> I can agree on something like this for
> int bb_facility = LOG_USER; (or LOG_DAEMON)
> as this will be set just once per app, but
> logmode maybe could change multiple times?

...which is not a problem.
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vda