From fdee1ced43fb495d612a29e955141cdf6b9a95ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:11:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] startProcess: Make writing error messages from the child more robust --- src/libutil/util.cc | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc index 6df93f12a..32244b218 100644 --- a/src/libutil/util.cc +++ b/src/libutil/util.cc @@ -854,8 +854,10 @@ pid_t startProcess(std::function fun, const string & errorPrefix) restoreAffinity(); fun(); } catch (std::exception & e) { - writeToStderr(errorPrefix + string(e.what()) + "\n"); - } + try { + std::cerr << errorPrefix << e.what() << "\n"; + } catch (...) { } + } catch (...) { } _exit(1); }