On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 09:34 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/22/2013 08:13 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>
> >>> +++ b/qdev-monitor.c
> >>> @@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static void
> >>> qdev_print_category_devices(DeviceCategory category)
> >>> DeviceClass *dc;
> >>> GSList *list, *curr;
> >>>
> >>> + error_printf("%s devices:\n", qdev_category_get_name(category));
> >>
> >> Why is that an error? Shouldn't it go to stdout?
> >
> > Output of -device help has always gone to stderr, and that has always
> > annoyed me. Just not enough to fix it.
>
> Back when libvirt scraped -help output, changing it to use stdout would
> be an incompatible change. But now that libvirt uses QMP, I would also
> welcome a change to use stdout (but also fall in the category of "not
> enough of a bother for ME to fix it).
It really bothers me. I need to use the help (being new to qemu ...)
and I am always forgetting "2>&1".
Anyone can think of a reason for not sending the help to stdout?
Marcel
>
