Re: [Bug-wget] Output no longer going to stderr

[Tim Rühsen]

On 05/22/2017 05:19 AM, Barry Kauler wrote:
> On 5/21/17, Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Sonntag, 21. Mai 2017 10:06:28 CEST Barry Kauler wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>> I recently upgraded wget to 1.19.1, but have discovered that it has
>>> broken some of my scripts.
>>>
>>> These are scripts that expect output on stderr. For example, have
>>> "wget ... 2> logfile" or "wget ..... 2>&1 | .... "
>>>
>>> Instead, I just get text message "Redirecting output to ‘wget-log.1’",
>>> and get a logfile at ~/wget-log.1
>>
>> I can't reproduce that with 1.19.1, also not with the command posted at the
>>
>> link below.
>> What system are you on  and what is your complete command line ?
>>
>> With Best Regards, Tim
>>
>>> Is there a good reason for this change?
>>>
>>> If not, I would like the old behaviour back please.
>>>
>>> I see someone else has posted about this:
>>> https://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15885
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Barry Kauler
>>
> 
> This is the line in a shell script, that has worked for years, now broken:
> 
>  LANG=C wget -4 -t 2 -T 20 --waitretry=20 --spider -S "${URLSPEC}" >
> /tmp/download_file_spider.log1 2>&1
> 
> I am running an experimental distribution, compiled in OpenEmbedded
> (that Yocto uses).
> 
> I notice commits late in 2016 that look like they might be the cause.
> HOWEVER, the problem has disappeared.
> 
> Like magic, today I repeated the exact same operation, to download a
> file as per the above line from the script, this time it worked.
> What that line above does, is log some details about the file, that
> are then checked, before the actual download.

There is no magic ;-)
I took a look into the code and found that 'wget-log' is created only in
background mode. If that file already exists, wget-log.1 will be
created. Did you use -b in your first attempt or did you enable it in
/etc/wgetrc and/or ~/.wgetrc ?

> So, mystery, how did I get that problem temporarily, and how did that
> other guy get it also?
> 
> It has got me worried, so I have rolled back to wget 1.17.1, at least for now.
> 
> Regards,
> Barry Kauler
> 

With Best Regards, Tim

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