(close_stdout_status): If ferror (stdout), do

not silently exit merely because the output buffer happens to
have nothing pending.

diff --git a/lib/closeout.c b/lib/closeout.c
index aee1fcbbafb5c7ce0a24c94c981633b046d7146a..0c78b6e4c3e0fd9b9a4a0a976542bc5c8f838fbe 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/closeout.c
+++ b/lib/closeout.c
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ close_stdout_status (int status)
 {
   int e = ferror (stdout) ? 0 : -1;
 
-  if (__fpending (stdout) == 0)
+  /* If the stream's error bit is clear and there is nothing to flush,
+     then return right away.  */
+  if (e && __fpending (stdout) == 0)
     return;
 
   if (fclose (stdout) != 0)