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Re: proposed change to closeout module


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: proposed change to closeout module
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:19:54 -0600
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According to Paul Eggert on 9/29/2006 11:38 AM:
> 
> I like the basic idea.  As I understand it this affects only programs
> that issue "warnings" (i.e., they output to stderr but then continue
> without affecting the exit status) but it's useful for that case.
> 
> However, wouldn't this implementation be simpler?
> 
>    if (close_stream (stderr) != 0)
>      _exit (exit_failure);
> 
> At any rate let's wait until coreutils 6.3 gets out.

coreutils 6.3 is out.  OK to apply this simpler version?  I've updated the
M4 testsuite to expose failures if this patch is not applied.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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