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Dynlib error messages should be written to stderr, not stdout #3987

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rillig opened this issue Mar 20, 2016 · 0 comments
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Dynlib error messages should be written to stderr, not stdout #3987

rillig opened this issue Mar 20, 2016 · 0 comments
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rillig commented Mar 20, 2016

I have written a program that uses the (deprecated) re library. When I start it, the following message is printed on stdout:

could not load: libpcre.so(.3|.1|)

This is unexpected, since error messages are usually written to stderr, so that they don’t disturb the normal output of the program.
@dom96 dom96 changed the title Error messages should be written to stderr, not stdout Dynlib error messages should be written to stderr, not stdout Mar 27, 2016
@bearcage bearcage mentioned this issue Mar 29, 2016
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