[Swan-dev] whack --debug {base,crypt,private,more}

Paul Wouters paul at nohats.ca
Tue Nov 27 13:23:04 UTC 2018


On Fri, 23 Nov 2018, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> Time to paint a boat shed.  These are my suggestions:
>
> base: it replaces "all"
> crypt: anything that might accidentally leak crypto material and,
> typically, is TMI
> more: stuff that normally isn't helpful
> private: crypto compliance stuff that really should be switched to a log flag
>
> I don't think there should be "all" (except, perhaps short term have
> it map onto base).
>
> As for implementation, I was thinking of my usual quick and nasty
> approach of defining most of the old flags as DBG_BASE - what matters
> here is the UI.  Then, as things switch to using dbg() they will go
> away.

I am okay with this, but would like to hear from others before we move
forward.

Paul


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