From 84f43ccde8b55f4b074069b1cf760abd7c6019d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 20:59:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] LogInit: default to stderr on Windows

Don't require "log_file" setting, for "--no-config" operation.

Closes https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/1600
---
 NEWS            | 2 ++
 src/LogInit.cxx | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e6599e05e..f3ea930d7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.23.10 (not yet released)
+* Windows
+  - log to stdout by default, don't require "log_file" setting
 
 ver 0.23.9 (2022/08/18)
 * input
diff --git a/src/LogInit.cxx b/src/LogInit.cxx
index 7aeb069d3..97bf092c8 100644
--- a/src/LogInit.cxx
+++ b/src/LogInit.cxx
@@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ log_init(const ConfigData &config, bool verbose, bool use_stdout)
 				return;
 			}
 #endif
-#ifndef HAVE_SYSLOG
+#ifdef _WIN32
+			/* default to stdout on Windows */
+			out_fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
+#elif !defined(HAVE_SYSLOG)
 			throw std::runtime_error("config parameter 'log_file' not found");
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG