Re: Can we have process names and stdout / stderr indication to more efficiently parse build logs? (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: escape sequences in logs)

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2013-09-03, o godz. 18:57:12
"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> napisał(a):

> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:15:39PM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote
>
> > That is not what this is about, this is about having escape sequences
> > in build logs obtained from Bugzilla; because, they aid in skimming
> > through logs (until we implement the feature I asked for in subject).
>
>   "The road to binary syslog files is paved with good intentions", or
> something like that.  Question... why does it have to be escape
> sequences?  Can't it be readable plain text?  E.g. something like...
>
> //STDERR.OUT.START
> foo
> bar
> blah blah blah
> //STDERR.OUT.END
>
>   This would be easy to grep and/or parse in bash.

Especially if one is interspersed with the other. I suggest trying
first, then suggesting it to others.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny