> The output isn't designed to be parsed any more than the output of > /etc/rc.d/samba restart is. IIRC the output of rc.d scripts is in fact supposed to be parsed by the postprocessing routines in rc.subr.
> Would you say that both sending these informative messages to stdout is > a bug? Due to the above, no. However, if the server binary itself gibbers something to stdout that is not "designed to be parsed" before forking, I'd call it a bug, yes. Not really sure what point you're trying to make, though, and I'm definitely not the most authoritative source on this, so if someone else wants to chime in/set things straight... Cheers, Timo
