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From: David Talkington <dtalk@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] pet peeve: sending normal output to stderr (env-update)
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:55:58
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0611140948000.23548@atlantis.flyingjoke.org
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5 Why on earth does env-update send this:
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7 >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
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9 to stderr instead of stdout? This makes it very difficult to see only
10 abnormal output in a cron job.
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12 I stopped using wget because of precisely that irritation. I cannot for
13 the life of me think of a good reason to do this.
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] pet peeve: sending normal output to stderr (env-update) Glenn McCarthy <rotech@×××××××××.nz>
Re: [gentoo-user] pet peeve: sending normal output to stderr (env-update) Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>