GNU bug report logs - #12911
24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written

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Message #41 received at 12911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 12911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12911: 24.3.50;
	let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'
	files are written
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:16:35 +0200

> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:19:36 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: 12908 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Gnulib has a dup2 implementation that works on Microsoft Windows,
> so if we use that, it seems we should be able to use the same idea
> there too.

Thanks, but no, thanks.  Gnulib's dup2 implementation uses so many
non-trivial interfaces (exceptions, invalid parameter handlers, etc.)
that I'd prefer not to deal with for a feature that needs to be rock
solid and dependable.

In any case, this is an almost orthogonal issue to what is being
discussed here.  The issue here is not _whether_ to redirect stderr,
but rather _where_to_ to redirect it.

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