Public bug reported: It executes the supplied command thusly: DISPLAY=:$SERVERNUM XAUTHORITY=$AUTHFILE "$@" 2>&1
This should be DISPLAY=:$SERVERNUM XAUTHORITY=$AUTHFILE "$@" Leaving the caller to redirect stderr to stdout, or to supply a single fd at their discretion. The side effect of munging the two fd's together is that programs which provide structured data on stdout have their output streams corrupted if they, or any subprocesses they have, happen to write to stderr at an inopportune time. ** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059947 Title: xvfb-run munges stdout and stderr together To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1059947/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp