Package: devscripts
Version: 2.19.2
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
please correct me if I'm wrong but could annotate-output not be greatly
simplified by using this proof-of-concept:
handler () {
while IFS= read -r line || [ -n "$line" ]; do
printf "%s %s: %s\n" "$(date --iso-8601=seconds)" "$1"
"$line"
done
}
{ "$@" 2>&1 1>&3 3>&- | handler E; } 3>&1 1>&2 | handler O
So the script would loose some complexity and would not have as much
stuff in the background anymore like processes and temporary files it
needs to clean up. It could:
- remove cleanup exit trap
- no temporary directory
- no temporary fifos
- no background processes to start and cleanup
Am I missing an obvious reasons why fifos are used instead?
Thanks!
cheers, josch
