[Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

[Arnaud Quette]

2009/5/16 Arjen de Korte <nut+devel at de-korte.org <nut%2Bdevel at de-korte.org>>

> Citeren Charles Lepple <clepple at gmail.com>:
>
>  I'm btw wondering if we should pass the debug flags to the driver in  such
>>> a case...
>>> comments?
>>>
>>
>> Agreed - we have been telling people to "use upsdrvctl" and "enable
>>  debugging", and the two messages conflict with each other somewhat.
>>
>
> I'm slightly worried about you and Arnaud not recalling why this isn't a
> good idea:
>
>
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2007-May/002712.html
>
> Also, if multiple drivers are configured in ups.conf, it probably would
> lead to an endless mess of debugging output.
>
>  There isn't much to debug in upsdrvctl anyway.
>>
>
> Maybe, although passing on the debug flags to drivers would effectively
> remove the possibility to debug upsdrvctl once and for all. I for certain
> wouldn't like that, because in the past I have used this quite often.
>
> Don't forget that the debugging options in NUT aren't meant to help Joe
> User, it's to enable us (the developers) to get additional information on
> why something isn't working as it should. Therefor, when asking Joe to
> enable debugging, we should make it abundently clear what we want from him.
> So don't tell him to 'enable debugging', but post the commandline to execute
> on his system.
>

you're right, Arjen.
thanks for recalling us that ;-)

Arnaud
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