Re: [webmin-devel] Debugging and Shorewall module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 31/Jul/2007 14:12 Paul Gear wrote ..
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've made a few useful (i think) changes to the Shorewall module, and i
> plan to make a few more before i send in the patches.  However, i would
> like to do some more testing & debugging, and i'd like to know what sort
> of debugging tools are at my disposal.
> 
> From what i can tell, the Perl errors from my module actually go nowhere
> at all.  Is this correct/intended?  What is the preferred mechanism to
> capture Perl errors and produce debug output?  I've experimented with
> saving temporary files using a technique i borrowed from another module,
> and that seems to work sometimes, but not always (and possibly is
> dependent upon the actual path used).  I'm confused!  :-(

Hi Paul,
The debugging technique I usually use is to print to STDERR, which is
then logged to /var/webmin/miniserv.error . Not exactly the most modern
technique in this age of source-level debuggers, breakpoints and variable
watching, but it works for me :-)

 - Jamie