Bug#305782: /usr/bin/rl: rl does no output error checking

2005-04-22 Thread Arthur de Jong
tags 305782 +pending thanks On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 03:29 -0400, Zygo Blaxell wrote: > The real fix is to simply check for (and report) errors on read and write > system calls within rl itself. This has been implemented in my repository and will be in the next release (along with checking the read

Bug#305782: /usr/bin/rl: rl does no output error checking

2005-04-22 Thread Zygo Blaxell
Package: randomize-lines Version: 0.2.3 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/rl I would expect the following to generate an error message and exit with status 1 (shell convention for an error): rl .newsrc > /dev/full; echo $? Instead, rl blithely ignores all the write errors on stdout and ex