agreed, I put it back until/unless I see the problem again. - Jay ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 21:24:28 +0200 > From: Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx > To: jay.krell@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: autoconf@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: exec 0 > > Hello Jay, > > * Jay K wrote on Wed, May 26, 2010 at 03:17:39PM CEST: >> I don't have the full background any longer, but I made >> this change to a configure script: >> >> before: >> >> exec 7<&0 &1 >> >> after: >> >> exec 6>&1 >> >> my comment at the time (2008-06-03) was: >> take minor change to older boilerplate from other nearby >> configure files, in order to let it work under "nohup", on OpenBSD >> otherwise there is an error about an invalid file handle >> >> Make sense? > > Not really, to me at least. > >> Clearly you are doing this on purpose though. > > Yes, we are. If you need the original standard input during the > configure script, you can get at it with the AS_ORIGINAL_STDIN_FD > macro; see `info Autoconf "File Descriptor Macros"'. > >> Maybe it just prints an error but there's no error? >> >> I just did a quick experiment with just >> >> exec 0 >> >> and nohup but couldn't get an error. >> >> I've surely upgraded OpenBSD in the meantime. > > Well, if you cannot reproduce an error any more, I'll go and claim > we shouldn't need to worry until you hit it again. ;-) > > Cheers, > Ralf > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
