On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 15:08 -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote: > Last I checked, IPC::Open3 has portability issues.
Right. My original patch made T::H::S use that, but I now prefer to put that burden on the program that uses the module to make sure that diagnostics come in correctly. > There's also the problem of making sure the resulting output is > properly mixed when it comes to the screen. If you know how to assure > that, let me know. I don't know that that's a problem if you redirect STDERR to the same place as STDOUT. Is there any OS where the order of printing is that badly nondeterministic? If so, can I wave my hands at its users and suggest either upgrading or lobbying to add sequence numbers to output? (Disclaimer: if Stevens says I can't, I won't. I haven't checked.) -- c