Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> added the comment: For what it's worth, the code in question is used here (using "import distutils" instead of "pass"):
http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/config/python.m4?rev=1.15;content-type=text%2Fx-cvsweb-markup This is obviously a completely gratuitous variant on 2>/dev/null, but it has apparently been working since forever. I'll probably go make the change anyway. Nevertheless, I think Python shouldn't core dump. It may choose to exit doing nothing (useful) if it doesn't want to deal with this case. Check this for possible alternative behaviors: $ ls 1>&- ls: write error: Bad file descriptor ($? = 2) $ ls 1>&- 2>&- ($? = 2, no output) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7111> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
