> If a user knows that a third-party library (Oracle, whatever) can
> provide messages to stderr, and they knowingly close that file
> descriptor without dup()ing it elsewhere, then that is a bug in
> their software.
Note that the author of the non-apr application does not
necessarily must submit to that wisdom. While you are
theoritecally correct, it matters little practically.
> Having APR open a bunch of file-descriptors so
> that this fixes a potential problem (IMO bug in their software)
> is just wasting file descriptors.
Not really. (error handling excluded)
do {
fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
} while (fd < 3);
close(fd);
No fd wasted.
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