[Bug 6231] New: Care for adding timestamps when logging to stderr?

https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6231

           Summary: Care for adding timestamps when logging to stderr?
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 3.3.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Libraries
        AssignedTo: dev@...
        ReportedBy: Mark.Martinec@...


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suggested patch

When troubleshooting timing issues it comes handy if the logged debug messages
carry timestamps when logging goes to stderr, such as with 'spamassassin -D':

Oct 30 17:44:52.579 [40776] dbg: pyzor: opening pipe:
  /usr/local/bin/pyzor --homedir /var/amavis/home/.pyzor check ...
Oct 30 17:44:52.586 [40791] dbg: util: setuid: ruid=110 euid=110
Oct 30 17:44:52.663 [40776] dbg: pyzor: [40791] finished successfully
Oct 30 17:44:52.663 [40776] dbg: pyzor: got response: public.pyzor.org:24441...

Attached is a suggested patch to Logger/Stderr.pm.

Yes? No? Too intrusive? Needs yet another configuration option???

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Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec@...> changed:

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Justin Mason <jm@...> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Justin Mason <jm@...> 2009-10-30 14:31:30 UTC ---
actually, I'm fine with this.  It's a big change, but useful, and an x.0
release is the right time to do it.

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--- Comment #2 from Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec@...> 2009-10-30 17:15:02 UTC ---
Bug 6231: add timestamps when logging on stderr
Sending        lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Logger/Stderr.pm
Committed revision 831492.

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Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec@...> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec@...> 2009-10-30 17:37:30 UTC ---
Closing. Please re-open if somebody does not like the idea.

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Adam Katz <antispam@...> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Adam Katz <antispam@...> 2009-10-31 14:42:21 UTC ---
FYI, there was enough demand on IRC that I wrote a workaround solution for
this.  Perhaps helpful for anybody on a pre-3.3.0 version or even with another
program altogether (since it actually has nothing to do with SpamAssassin ... I
use it regularly with ping for example).

http://khopesh.com/Anti-spam#SA_utility_scripts

timed-debug (previously called sa-timed-debug) will print the date to the
console as you debug something live.

Examples:

# run SpamAssassin with debug, printing the time every third of a second
timed-debug -0.33 spamassassin -D

# run ping with the time and host name every 15 seconds (better wrapping on
80-col)
timed-debug -15 ping -n google.com

I run these in aliases so i can just say "pin google.com" or "sa-timed-debug
<msg.eml" ... see the --help output.

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--- Comment #5 from Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec@...> 2009-10-31 16:42:56 UTC ---
> FYI, there was enough demand on IRC that I wrote a workaround solution for
> this.  Perhaps helpful for anybody on a pre-3.3.0 version or even with another
> program altogether (since it actually has nothing to do with SpamAssassin ...

For completeness, here was mine, published on the SA user list:

  http://marc.info/?l=spamassassin-users&m=123819766930870

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