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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/report.c b/report.c
index 837aeb3f..2e3d0b34 100644
--- a/report.c
+++ b/report.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void exit ();
#define MALLOC(n) xmalloc(n)
#define REALLOC(n,s) xrealloc(n,s)
-/* If NULL, error will flush stdout, then print on stderr the program
+/* If NULL, error will flush stderr, then print on stderr the program
name, a colon and a space. Otherwise, error will call this
function without parameters instead. */
void (*error_print_progname) (
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ static unsigned int use_syslog;
/* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called. */
unsigned int error_message_count;
+/* for now, send all error messages to stderr */
+#define errfp stderr
#ifdef _LIBC
/* In the GNU C library, there is a predefined variable for this. */
@@ -198,38 +200,38 @@ error (status, errnum, message, va_alist)
(*error_print_progname) ();
else
{
- fflush (stdout);
+ fflush (errfp);
if ( *message == '\n' )
{
- fputc( '\n', stderr );
+ fputc( '\n', errfp );
++message;
}
- fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", program_name);
+ fprintf (errfp, "%s: ", program_name);
}
#ifdef VA_START
VA_START (args, message);
# if HAVE_VPRINTF || _LIBC
- vfprintf (stderr, message, args);
+ vfprintf (errfp, message, args);
# else
- _doprnt (message, args, stderr);
+ _doprnt (message, args, errfp);
# endif
va_end (args);
#else
- fprintf (stderr, message, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
+ fprintf (errfp, message, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
#endif
if (errnum && errnum != -1) {
char *tmps = strerror(errnum);
if (tmps) {
- fprintf (stderr, ": %s", tmps);
+ fprintf (errfp, ": %s", tmps);
}
else {
- fprintf (stderr, _(": Error %d"), errnum);
+ fprintf (errfp, _(": Error %d"), errnum);
}
}
- putc ('\n', stderr);
- fflush (stderr);
+ putc ('\n', errfp);
+ fflush (errfp);
}
++error_message_count;
if (status)
@@ -238,20 +240,20 @@ error (status, errnum, message, va_alist)
/*
* Calling error_init(1) causes error_build and error_complete to write
- * to stderr without buffering. This is needed for the ticker dots to
+ * to errfp without buffering. This is needed for the ticker dots to
* work correctly.
*/
void error_init(int mode)
{
switch(mode)
{
- case 0: /* stderr, buffered */
+ case 0: /* errfp, buffered */
default:
use_stderr = FALSE;
use_syslog = FALSE;
break;
- case 1: /* stderr, unbuffered */
+ case 1: /* errfp, unbuffered */
use_stderr = TRUE;
use_syslog = FALSE;
break;
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ error_build (message, va_alist)
if (use_stderr && partial_message_size_used != 0)
{
partial_message_size_used = 0;
- fputs(partial_message, stderr);
+ fputs(partial_message, errfp);
}
}
@@ -469,13 +471,13 @@ error_complete (status, errnum, message, va_alist)
if (use_stderr)
{
- fputs(partial_message, stderr);
+ fputs(partial_message, errfp);
if (errnum)
- fprintf (stderr, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
+ fprintf (errfp, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
- putc ('\n', stderr);
- fflush (stderr);
+ putc ('\n', errfp);
+ fflush (errfp);
++error_message_count;
@@ -526,35 +528,35 @@ error_at_line (status, errnum, file_name, line_number, message, va_alist)
(*error_print_progname) ();
else
{
- fflush (stdout);
+ fflush (errfp);
if ( *message == '\n' )
{
- fputc( '\n', stderr );
+ fputc( '\n', errfp );
++message;
}
- fprintf (stderr, "%s:", program_name);
+ fprintf (errfp, "%s:", program_name);
}
if (file_name != NULL)
- fprintf (stderr, "%s:%d: ", file_name, line_number);
+ fprintf (errfp, "%s:%d: ", file_name, line_number);
#ifdef VA_START
VA_START (args, message);
# if HAVE_VPRINTF || _LIBC
- vfprintf (stderr, message, args);
+ vfprintf (errfp, message, args);
# else
- _doprnt (message, args, stderr);
+ _doprnt (message, args, errfp);
# endif
va_end (args);
#else
- fprintf (stderr, message, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
+ fprintf (errfp, message, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
#endif
++error_message_count;
if (errnum)
- fprintf (stderr, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
- putc ('\n', stderr);
- fflush (stderr);
+ fprintf (errfp, ": %s", strerror (errnum));
+ putc ('\n', errfp);
+ fflush (errfp);
if (status)
exit (status);
}