Bug#653750: Does exim -d-all include, or exclude, "memory"?
Regid Ichira
regid23 at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 30 01:18:39 UTC 2012
$ zgrep -A47 -B1 'When -d is used' /usr/share/doc/exim4/spec.txt.gz | sed '/^ pid/,/^ uid/d' | sed '/^ verify/s/.*/ ... Many items deleted for the purpose of this message/' | sed '/^ auth/,/^ lookup/d' | sed '/^ acl/s/.*/ ... Many items deleted for the purpose of this message/' | cat -n
1
2 When -d is used, -v is assumed. If -d is given on its own, a lot of
3 standard debugging data is output. This can be reduced, or increased to
4 include some more rarely needed information, by directly following -d with
5 a string made up of names preceded by plus or minus characters. These add
6 or remove sets of debugging data, respectively. For example, -d+filter adds
7 filter debugging, whereas -d-all+filter selects only filter debugging. Note
8 that no spaces are allowed in the debug setting. The available debugging
9 categories are:
10
11 ... Many items deleted for the purpose of this message
12 memory memory handling
13 ... Many items deleted for the purpose of this message
14 all almost all of the above (see below), and also -v
15
16 The "all" option excludes "memory" when used as "+all", but includes it for
17 "-all". The reason for this is that "+all" is something that people tend to
18 use when generating debug output for Exim maintainers. If "+memory" is
19 included, an awful lot of output that is very rarely of interest is
20 generated, so it now has to be explicitly requested. However, "-all" does
21 turn everything off.
22
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When referring to the exclusion, or inclusion, of "memory" by "-all", I think
there is a mismatch between lines 16-17 to lines 7-8 or 20-21.
Is the following patch justified?
--- /usr/share/doc/exim4/spec.txt 2012-01-30 02:36:24.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/share/doc/exim4/spec.txt.mod 2012-01-30 02:38:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -3370,2 +3370,2 @@ brief message about itself and exits.
- The "all" option excludes "memory" when used as "+all", but includes it for
- "-all". The reason for this is that "+all" is something that people tend to
+ The "all" option excludes "memory" when used as "+all".
+ The reason for this is that "+all" is something that people tend to
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