1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/common_logging.c b/src/util/common_logging.c
index ecbe69443..a391d0b9e 100644
--- a/src/util/common_logging.c
+++ b/src/util/common_logging.c
@@ -801,12 +801,26 @@ output_message (enum GNUNET_ErrorType kind,
   if ( (NULL != GNUNET_stderr) &&
        (NULL == loggers) )
   {
-    FPRINTF (GNUNET_stderr,
+    if (kind == GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_MESSAGE) {
+        /* The idea here is to produce "normal" output messages
+         * for end users while still having the power of the
+         * logging engine for developer needs. So ideally this
+         * is what it should look like when CLI tools are used
+         * interactively, yet the same message shouldn't look 
+         * this way if the output is going to logfiles or robots
+         * instead. Is this the right place to do this? --lynX
+         */
+        FPRINTF (GNUNET_stderr,
+             "* %s",
+             msg);
+    } else {
+        FPRINTF (GNUNET_stderr,
              "%s %s %s %s",
              datestr,
              comp,
              GNUNET_error_type_to_string (kind),
              msg);
+    }
     fflush (GNUNET_stderr);
   }
   pos = loggers;