Package: deutex Version: 4.4.902-12 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch deutex by default writes a copy of stdout/stderr to a file named "deutex.log" in the current directory. I wonder if you might consider disabling this, since you generally run it yourself from a terminal or via a Makefile, and can use shell redirection to capture its output (or, of course, an explicit "-log" option.)
I think the log output by default is a bit of a DOSism, really, left over from the program's origins on that platform, since DOS doesn't have such good shell redirection capabilities and so forth. The easiest patch is, I think, to log to /dev/null: Index: deutex-4.4.902/src/deutex.c =================================================================== --- deutex-4.4.902.orig/src/deutex.c 2011-01-17 13:18:18.773051186 +0000 +++ deutex-4.4.902/src/deutex.c 2011-01-17 13:19:07.337049340 +0000 @@ -96,11 +96,14 @@ const char *debug_ident = NULL; int old_music_ident_method = 0; const char *palette_lump = "PLAYPAL"; +#if 0 #if defined DeuTex const char *logfile = "deutex.log"; #elif defined DeuSF const char *logfile = "deusf.log"; #endif +#endif +const char *logfile = "/dev/null"; static char anon[1] = { '\0' }; -- http://rjy.org.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org