Re: elog(LOG), elog(DEBUG)

Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-05-05T09:14:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> [010505 02:06] wrote:
> There's a TODO item to make elog(LOG) a separate level.  I propose the
> name INFO.  It would be identical to DEBUG in effect, only with a
> different label.  Additionally, all DEBUG logging should either be
> disabled unless the debug_level is greater than zero, or alternatively
> some elog(DEBUG) calls should be converted to INFO conditional on a
> configuration setting (like log_pid, for example).
> 
> The stricter distinction between DEBUG and INFO would also yield the
> possibility of optionally sending DEBUG output to the frontend, as has
> been requested a few times.

INFO makes sense as afaik it maps to syslog.

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