Bug#341906: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#341906: octave prints copyright/debugging information on stdout instead of stderr

[Frederik Eaton]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:33:40AM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * Frederik Eaton <frederik at a5.repetae.net> [2006-01-09 03:07]:
> 
> > You're right, mysql seems to print to stdout, while "perl -d" writes
> > directly to the terminal. In any case, I don't see a reason not to
> > adopt my suggestion.
> > 
> > The convincing argument is that one typically wants to be able to have
> > rather strict control over what the output of a program is. When
> > 'stdout' gets cluttered with other messages, it loses its usefulness
> > very quickly.
> 
> Why doesn't the -q command option suit your needs?

One can only put so many options on the "#!" line, I think the limit
is 1. I could remember to put "-q" in every octave script, and
complain when I need to add another option and can't, but then, why
not have a sensible default?

Frederik