Landon,

 Regarding the non-closure of stdin by calc when called within a while loop in
BASH, David Haller (openSuSE list wizard) provided a patch that closes stdin and
prevents the problem described below. What do I need to do to submit it for your
consideration? Can I just provide it by this email or do I need to add it to a
tracker to make sure it doesn't get lost? Let me know. Here is the patch :)

Index: calc-2.12.4.4/calc.c
===================================================================
--- calc-2.12.4.4.orig/calc.c
+++ calc-2.12.4.4/calc.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
       if (havecommands) {
               cmdbuf[cmdlen++] = '\n';
               cmdbuf[cmdlen] = '\0';
+               if(fclose(stdin)) { perror("main(): fclose(stdin) failed:"); }
       }

       argc_value = argc - maxindex;


ALSO -- How was the Venus transit Landon? Pretty cool to see what those old
anarchist Galileo and Sir Isaac were able to cobble together just from watching
the sky -- no computer required...

Let me know what else you guys need, if anything.