From 8ca073ee3bf9c2ecd10dbfbf39d67b3a25a2a3fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:57:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] gnulib-common.m4: make glibc write diagnostics to stderr, not /dev/tty * m4/gnulib-common.m4 (gl_COMMON_BODY): Set LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_. Prompted by an exchange with Gilles Espinasse. --- ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ m4/gnulib-common.m4 | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 283d4c13e..06a4ce4a3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2010-04-26 Jim Meyering + Bruno Haible + + gnulib-common.m4: make glibc write diagnostics to stderr, not /dev/tty + * m4/gnulib-common.m4 (gl_COMMON_BODY): Set LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_. + Prompted by an exchange with Gilles Espinasse. + 2010-04-26 Jim Meyering git-version-gen: aesthetic tweak diff --git a/m4/gnulib-common.m4 b/m4/gnulib-common.m4 index 54b251737..4c7ac30d0 100644 --- a/m4/gnulib-common.m4 +++ b/m4/gnulib-common.m4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# gnulib-common.m4 serial 19 +# gnulib-common.m4 serial 20 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_COMMON_BODY], [ is a misnomer outside of parameter lists. */ #define _UNUSED_PARAMETER_ _GL_UNUSED ]) + dnl Preparation for running test programs: + dnl Tell glibc to write diagnostics from -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 to stderr, not + dnl to /dev/tty, so they can be redirected to log files. Such diagnostics + dnl arise e.g., in the macros gl_PRINTF_DIRECTIVE_N, gl_SNPRINTF_DIRECTIVE_N. + LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_=1 + export LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_ ]) # gl_MODULE_INDICATOR_CONDITION -- 2.11.0