Bug 76999

Summary:	chat program produces incomplete logs
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Thomas J Pinkl <thomas.pinkl>
Component:	ppp	Assignee:	Thomas Woerner <twoerner>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version:	7.3	CC:	srevivo
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Description Thomas J Pinkl 2002-10-30 19:43:38 UTC

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Description of problem:
I'm using a "chat -v -s -S" command to capture chat's output to my own
log file (ie. not syslog).  Sometimes the log will be incomplete.  It
may be missing parts from the middle of the conversation or the entire
log may be empty.

When I looked at the 'chat' source I saw that it mixes I/O modes.  It 
uses both "write(2,...)" and "fprintf(stderr,...)".  I believe this is
the cause of the logging problems.

I patched my source to 'chat' such that it doesn't mix I/O methods.
Since then, the logs have been complete.


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How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run logs of pppd sessions
2.
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Additional info:

I submitted a patch to the "linux-ppp" list on Apr 19, 2002.  The 
subject line was "chat timestamp patch".

Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2004-08-16 16:13:02 UTC

Please verify this with a newer version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or
Fedora Core and reopen it against the new version if it still occurs.

Closing as "not a bug" for now.