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[GH-ISSUE #4275] Rework quiet, debug and normal console output #2603

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opened 2026-05-05 09:16:23 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @rusty-snake on GitHub (May 13, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/4275

We have multiple issues about how we print something to the console, which all go to the same code. Therefore I make this meta-issue.

There are some more which aren't handled here like:

#2743
Fixed in 9fd3560768
and 9a84e4df60

Good to read:

https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/4168#issuecomment-815068523

IMHO we should only print warnings and errors to stderr by default and be quiet for everything else. The current quiet would be then a hard-queit if a program really need full ownership of stderr. In addition a --info/--verbose/--debug=1/--debug=little/whatever will show the current default output.

All the warnings/errors should make clear that they are printed by firejail (e.g. firejail:Error:).

For the debug output it would be enough to print something like

--- end of firejail output ---

Originally created by @rusty-snake on GitHub (May 13, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/4275 We have multiple issues about how we print something to the console, which all go to the same code. Therefore I make this meta-issue. * #4168 Fixed in https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/65b7cd79cf532b77b0c67fa3f94da10534e9a9b3 * #3125 Fixed in https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/65b7cd79cf532b77b0c67fa3f94da10534e9a9b3 * #3503 * #3354 * #3749 * #4328 * #2322 There are some more which aren't handled here like: * #2743 Fixed in https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/9fd3560768a0e90f4469ae0679aba5fe632161d5 and https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/9a84e4df6075b286d67b1f0d8079aed4d0b77760 --- Good to read: * https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/4168#issuecomment-815068523 IMHO we should only print warnings and errors to stderr by default and be quiet for everything else. The current `quiet` would be then a hard-queit if a program really need full ownership of stderr. In addition a `--info`/`--verbose`/`--debug=1`/`--debug=little`/whatever will show the current default output. All the warnings/errors should make clear that they are printed by firejail (e.g. `firejail:Error:`). For the debug output it would be enough to print something like ``` --- end of firejail output --- ```

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2026-05-05 09:16:25 -06:00

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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 13, 2021):

All the warnings/errors should make clear that they are printed by firejail (e.g. firejail:Error:).

This reminds me of #3325, which never really got of the ground. @topimiettinen mentioned a possibility to improve errExit() and use it everywhere with a prefix. IMO that would solve this part of the issue. Just adding it here for future reference.

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 13, 2021): > All the warnings/errors should make clear that they are printed by firejail (e.g. firejail:Error:). This reminds me of #3325, which never really got of the ground. @topimiettinen [mentioned](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/3325#issuecomment-610337451) a possibility to improve errExit() and use it everywhere with a prefix. IMO that would solve this part of the issue. Just adding it here for future reference.

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2026-05-05 09:16:26 -06:00

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@slowpeek commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2021):

I'm not sure is there a single reason to use stdout in firejail. It is a wrapper, hence it should not touch neither stdin nor stdout.

@slowpeek commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2021): I'm not sure is there a single reason to use stdout in firejail. It is a wrapper, hence it should not touch neither stdin nor stdout.

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[PR #2603] [MERGED] Fix assogiate's private-bin #4444

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