Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:19:17 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Burmester <buster_hh@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Andreas Burmester <buster_hh@gmx.net> Subject: bin/75884: m4(1): syscmd's output is out of sync with stdout Message-ID: <200501061419.j06EJHIY008461@lambda> Resent-Message-ID: <200501061430.j06EUPwb038343@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 75884
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: m4(1): syscmd's output is out of sync with stdout
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 06 14:30:25 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Andreas Burmester
>Release: FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
n.d. / private
>Environment:
doesn't matter
>Description:
see >How-To-Repeat
>How-To-Repeat:
% cat bug.m4
The time now is: syscmd(date +%T)dnl
That's all folks.
% m4 bug.m4
04:57:46
The time now is: That's all folks.
% pdm4 bug.m4
The time now is: 04:57:55
That's all folks.
% gm4 bug.m4
The time now is: 04:58:01
That's all folks.
>Fix:
% diff -u eval.c.org eval.c
--- eval.c.org Mon Jul 15 04:06:15 2002
+++ eval.c Thu Jan 6 08:33:18 2005
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@
/*
* dosys - execute system command
*/
- if (argc > 2)
+ if (argc > 2) {
+ fflush(stdout);
sysval = system(argv[2]);
+ }
break;
case SYSVTYPE:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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