# 
# 
# patch "ChangeLog"
#  from [6cbd487c772cb5a8934bc5ab6b063f82f1a21c2e]
#    to [d767f33edcae9a74f132aa11870c5b9ec118344f]
# 
# patch "ui.cc"
#  from [a1622de96871c80dafc936cfd844660dc51803b0]
#    to [c14363bf4526326bf2b370dbd3611ead4eec0b2b]
# 
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--- ChangeLog	6cbd487c772cb5a8934bc5ab6b063f82f1a21c2e
+++ ChangeLog	d767f33edcae9a74f132aa11870c5b9ec118344f
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-12-10  Richard Levitte  <address@hidden>
+
+	* ui.cc (redirect_output_to, redirect_errors_to): Changed the
+	implementation to use cstdio's freopen(), so the redirection
+	is also recognised by C libraries we call, such as Lua.
+
 2006-12-09  Richard Levitte  <address@hidden>
 
 	* ui.cc, ui.hh (redirect_output_to, redirect_errors_to): New
============================================================
--- ui.cc	a1622de96871c80dafc936cfd844660dc51803b0
+++ ui.cc	c14363bf4526326bf2b370dbd3611ead4eec0b2b
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 // Add #ifdeffage here as appropriate for other compiler-specific ways to
 // get this information.  Windows note: as best I can determine from poking
@@ -575,23 +576,15 @@ user_interface::redirect_output_to(syste
 void
 user_interface::redirect_output_to(system_path const & filename)
 {
-  static ofstream filestr;
-  if (filestr.is_open())
-    filestr.close();
-  filestr.open(filename.as_external().c_str(), ofstream::out | ofstream::app);
-  E(filestr.is_open(), F("failed to open log file '%s'") % filename);
-  cout.rdbuf(filestr.rdbuf());
+  FILE *f = freopen(filename.as_external().c_str(), "a", stdout);
+  E(f, F("failed to open log file '%s'") % filename);
 }
 
 void
 user_interface::redirect_errors_to(system_path const & filename)
 {
-  static ofstream filestr;
-  if (filestr.is_open())
-    filestr.close();
-  filestr.open(filename.as_external().c_str(), ofstream::out | ofstream::app);
-  E(filestr.is_open(), F("failed to open log file '%s'") % filename);
-  cerr.rdbuf(filestr.rdbuf());
+  FILE *f = freopen(filename.as_external().c_str(), "a", stderr);
+  E(f, F("failed to open log file '%s'") % filename);
 }
 
 void