From: Simon Ruderich Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 12:42:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: README: Some fixes. X-Git-Tag: 0.1~7 X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6861a8c6b0729317cfd0c89f4ddee83ec5ef7f2e;p=coloredstderr%2Fcoloredstderr.git README: Some fixes. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 4827509..f2441d2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES ------------ - C99 compiler (variable length arrays) -- dynamic linker/loader which supports 'LD_PRELOAD' (e.g. GNU/Linux's ld.so) +- dynamic linker/loader which supports 'LD_PRELOAD' (e.g. GNU/Linux's or + FreeBSD's ld.so) INSTALLATION @@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ Or to be more compatible you can use the following which should work in any Bourne shell: esc=`printf '\033'` - COLORED_STDERR_PRE="${esc}[91m" # red + COLORED_STDERR_PRE="${esc}[91m" # bright red COLORED_STDERR_POST="${esc}[0m" # default export COLORED_STDERR_PRE COLORED_STDERR_POST @@ -149,11 +150,12 @@ warnings are appended at the end. KNOWN ISSUES ------------ -- `{fputc,putc,putchar}_unlocked()` are not hooked when writing to stdout - (which might be redirected to stderr). Can't be fixed as the compiler +- `{fputc,putc,putchar}_unlocked()` are not hooked with glibc when writing to + stdout (which might be redirected to stderr). Can't be fixed as the compiler inlines the code into the program without calling any function. -- Test `test_stdio.sh` fails for this reason on FreeBSD. -- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES' requries the `/proc` file system. +- Test `test_stdio.sh` fails on FreeBSD because it does handle the above + correctly (no inlining), but the test is designed for GNU/Linux. +- 'COLORED_STDERR_IGNORED_BINARIES' requires the `/proc` file system. Suggestions welcome.