bug#11816: sort -o: error comes late if opening the outfile fails

[Pádraig Brady]

On 07/02/2012 06:55 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> ...
>> diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-exit-early b/tests/misc/sort-exit-early
> ...
>> +test $? == 124 && fail=1
>> +
>> +# Check all inputs are readable before starting to sort
>> +# Also ensure the output isn't created in this case
>> +touch output
>> +chmod a-r output
>> +timeout 10 sort -o typo - output && fail=1
>> +test $? == 124 && fail=1
> 
> "make syntax-check" dinged these:
> 
>   tests/misc/sort-exit-early:24:test $? == 124 && fail=1
>   tests/misc/sort-exit-early:31:test $? == 124 && fail=1
>   maint.mk: use "test x = x", not "test x == x"
>   make: *** [sc_prohibit_test_double_equal] Error 1
> 
> 
> Here's a fix for a formatting nit in the sources:
> 
>    static void
>   -check_inputs (char * const *files, size_t nfiles)
>   +check_inputs (char *const *files, size_t nfiles)
> 
> Otherwise, it all looks fine.
> Thanks again.

Pushed.
thanks for the careful review.

Pádraig.