numfmt: diagnose errors reading the input

* src/numfmt.c (main): Exit with failure upon read errors. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
coreutils · Apr 24, 2023 · 5595673 · 5595673
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   Previously such file names would have caused the strip process to fail.
   [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
 
-  tsort now diagnoses read errors on the input.
+  tsort and numfmt now diagnose read errors on the input.
   [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
 
 

diff --git a/src/numfmt.c b/src/numfmt.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
       if (ferror (stdin))
-        error (0, errno, _("error reading input"));
+        die (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("error reading input"));
     }
 
   if (debug && !valid_numbers)