Subject: [bug#71118] [PATCH 1/5] services: nscd: ‘log-file’ defaults to #f.

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 13:22:13 -0400

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:

> * gnu/services/base.scm (<nscd-configuration>)[log-file]: Default to #f.
> * doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Clarify documentation.
>
> Change-Id: Ia75914fc2665db13bef688d53659083a615ebef4
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi         | 8 +++++---
>  gnu/services/base.scm | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index 8073e3f6d49..0055724e658 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -19446,9 +19446,11 @@ Base Services
>  Package object denoting the GNU C Library providing the @command{nscd}
>  command.
>  
> -@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"})
> -Name of the nscd log file.  This is where debugging output goes when
> -@code{debug-level} is strictly positive.
> +@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{#f})
> +Name of the nscd log file.  Debugging output goes to that file when
> +@code{debug-level} is strictly positive, or to standard error if it is
> +@code{#f}.  Regular messages are written to syslog when
> +@code{debug-level} is zero, regardless of the value of @code{log-file}.

Is it not a bit counter-intuitive, to have a 'log-file' field that users
can set, but debug logs not going there?  Perhaps we should get rid of
it entirely instead?

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Thanks,
Maxim