Re: tee logs no output if stdout is closed

[Eric Blake]

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According to Bruno Haible on 9/26/2008 8:10 AM:
>> I know this condition arises only when ignoring or handling SIGPIPE,
>> (which should be rather unusual) but even so, I really dislike the idea
>> of ignoring a write error.  Even if the write error would not occur
>> with slightly less output data, it's still one less _legitimate_ error
>> that can be reported.  If there is an EPIPE error, IMHO, close_stream
>> must diagnose it.
> 
> This does not convince me, because EPIPE is part of the normal shutdown
> protocol of pipes, when the pipe writer chooses to block or ignore SIGPIPE.
> 
> The very purpose of having different error codes listed in <errno.h> is
> to be able to react differently on them.

Sounds like we should ask the Austin group for an opinion.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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