bug#27170: 26.0.50; Suggestion: Optionally send package build output to log file not *Messages*

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:

> I don't think we can rename the *Messages* buffer. We document that
> its name is *Messages*, and there's certainly tons of code around that
> assumes that.

I'm not talking about renaming the *Messages* buffer -- just being able
to redirect messages to a different buffer if we want to.

> If we want to change anything in this area, we'd better DTRT and
> introduce a proper logging framework, with customizable log sources
> and sinks (the *Messages* buffer being one of the sinks).

Sounds like overkill to me.

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