Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec: connect std{in,out,err} to the mach console

[Ludovic Courtès]

Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@gnu.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès, le Wed 05 Feb 2014 14:52:27 +0100, a écrit :
>> Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> skribis:
>> 
>> > * exec/main.c (S_exec_init): Get the device master port and connect
>> > std{in,out,err} to the mach console.
>> 
>> That’s a good idea when bootstrapping (I remember doing that to debug
>> the Nix-built GNU/Hurd), but not so much afterwards, no? 
>
> Why not?  It's better if exec can tell us if it has issues later on,
> isn't it?

Sure, but if it writes directly to the Mach console, the output will
mess up, or you could completely miss it (for instance if you log in as
SSH, and start a sub-Hurd from there, and the sub-exec has something to
say.)

Ludo’.