Re: tee logs no output if stdout is closed

[Paolo Bonzini]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-09/msg00024.html
>> Doesn't the comment in patch 2
> 
> To make it clear:
>   - Patch 1 only - applies if close_stdout were modified to ignore EPIPE
>     always (which Jim has rejected).
>   - Patch 1 + 2 combined - applies if close_stdout is as it currently is.

What's wrong in having patch 1 + 2 combined with close_stdout modified
to ignore EPIPE?  The modification would be invisible in that case when
-p is given.

Paolo