Package: os-prober
Version: 1.57
Tags: patch

This bug is reported by one of our users, and also the patch is provided by him. And this is his comments on the provided patch:

Currently, os-prober generates a great deal of debug messages to syslog. While these are certainly useful when debugging, they are just cluttering the syslog when not debugging.

The attached patch requires that OS_PROBER_ENABLE_DEBUG be set to have the output.

diff -ur os-prober-1.56-orig/common.sh os-prober-1.56/common.sh
--- os-prober-1.56-orig/common.sh	2012-12-26 13:53:55.962187097 -0500
+++ os-prober-1.56/common.sh	2013-01-10 08:25:14.843206268 -0500
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
 }
 
 debug() {
-  log "debug: $@"
+  if [ -n "$OS_PROBER_ENABLE_DEBUG" ]; then
+    log "debug: $@" 
+  fi
 }
 
 result () {

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