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Re: [PATCH] be paranoid about closed stdin/stdout/stderr

From
Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date
Aug 27, 2008, 12:36 UTC
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<48B54A3D.3080708@gnu.org>
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<20080827091800.GB484@cuci.nl>
>> But it's harmless to have both.
> 
> Considering the fact that daemon authors might not get pointed at their
> mistakes as soon as possible, it is harmful to try and hide those facts.

Agree. OTOH what about opening fd's 0/1/2 to /dev/null only in git-shell.c, now that it's not a builtin anymore?

Maybe it does not fix Karl's use case, but it seems sensible to me.
Paolo
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Message 17 of 37 in “Fix start_command() pipe bug when stdin is closed.”
  1. Fix start_command() pipe bug when stdin is closed.Karl Chen, Aug 25, 2008
  2. Johannes SixtAug 25, 2008
  3. Paolo BonziniAug 25, 2008
  4. fix start_command() bug when stdin is closedPaolo Bonzini, Aug 25, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtAug 25, 2008
  6. fix start_command() bug when stdin is closedPaolo Bonzini, Aug 25, 2008
  7. Karl ChenAug 25, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtAug 26, 2008
  11. Paolo BonziniAug 26, 2008
  12. be paranoid about closed stdin/stdout/stderrPaolo Bonzini, Aug 26, 2008
  13. Johannes SixtAug 26, 2008
  14. Stephen R. van den BergAug 26, 2008
  15. Avery PennarunAug 27, 2008
  16. Stephen R. van den BergAug 27, 2008
  17. Paolo BonziniAug 27, 2008
  18. make git-shell paranoid about closed stdin/stdout/stderrPaolo Bonzini, Aug 27, 2008
  19. Stephen R. van den BergAug 27, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2008
  21. Paolo BonziniAug 28, 2008
  22. Stephen R. van den BergAug 28, 2008
  23. Avery PennarunAug 27, 2008
  24. Nick AndrewAug 28, 2008
  25. Stephen R. van den BergAug 28, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  27. Paolo BonziniAug 26, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2008
  30. Stephen R. van den BergAug 26, 2008
  31. Karl ChenAug 27, 2008
  32. Paolo BonziniAug 27, 2008
  33. Stephen R. van den BergAug 27, 2008
  34. Johannes SixtAug 27, 2008
  35. Paolo BonziniAug 27, 2008
  36. Nick AndrewAug 27, 2008
  37. Karl ChenAug 25, 2008

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