Re: [gentoo-user] pet peeve: sending normal output to stderr (env-update)

[Richard Fish]

On 11/14/06, David Talkington <dtalk@××××××××××.org> wrote:
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> Why on earth does env-update send this:
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> >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...

env-update.sh outputs this message with a simple "echo", so no output
to stdout here.  However portage writes most ">>>" messages to stderr.

You can either file a bug report on bugs.gentoo.org to try and get the
behavior changed, or use "emerge ... 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -v -e '>>>
Regenerating '".  This will send stdout to /dev/null, and stderr to
the pipe where grep can filter out whatever messages annoy you.

-Richard
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