From 5771108fed5581d53baf43ef9ec26371ac5b2bca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:34:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve logtee socket connection warning

* print it less often
* to the correct stream (stdout not stderr)
---
 pkgs/logshipper/logtee.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/logshipper/logtee.c b/pkgs/logshipper/logtee.c
index 3080093..a54c54e 100644
--- a/pkgs/logshipper/logtee.c
+++ b/pkgs/logshipper/logtee.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 int open_shipper_socket(char *pathname) {
     int fd;
+    static int fail_count = 0;
 
     struct sockaddr_un sa = {
 	.sun_family = AF_LOCAL
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ int open_shipper_socket(char *pathname) {
     fd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if(fd >= 0) {
 	if(connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, sizeof sa)) {
-	    error(0, errno, "connect socket \"%s\"", pathname);
+	    if((fail_count % 30) == 0)
+		printf("logtee: cannot connect socket \"%s\": %s\n",
+		       pathname,
+		       strerror(errno));
+
+	    fail_count++;
 	    close(fd);
 	    return -1;
 	}