[Bug 2464] Adding timestamp to debug messages (log.c:do_log)

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2464

Darren Moffat <darren.moffat at oracle.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Darren Moffat <darren.moffat at oracle.com> ---
I've had some usecases recently for some sort of timestamp or timedelta
in the debug messages output.

It is fairly common to request 'ssh -vvv' output when debugging
connection problems.

In my environment the person assisting with the debugging of the
connection is almost never the one running the client (or server). 
While it is true that syslog would add a timestamp, it isn't always
possible for the user that is running the 'ssh -vvv' to update the
syslog configuration.  That could be for a various reasons, eg lacking
privilege to do so or the system syslog configuration is controlled via
a configuration management system and isn't allowed to be altered.

I agree with the prior comments that a delta rather than an absolute
time is probably more generally useful but either would be sufficient.

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