fix crash notification not being displayed if stdout has been closed

2004-04-09 21:02:43 +00:00
parent 061e5affb6
commit bf62e02420
1 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -349,7 +349,13 @@ static void child_process()
    /* Forcibly kill our parent. */
    kill( getppid(), SIGKILL );
 #else
-    fprintf(stderr,
+    /* stdout may have been inadvertently closed by the crash in the parent;
+     * write to /dev/tty instead. */
+    FILE *tty = fopen( "/dev/tty", "w" );
+    if( tty == NULL )
+        tty = stdin;
+
+    fprintf(tty,
            "\n"
            PRODUCT_NAME " has crashed.  Debug information has been output to\n"
            "\n"