error_routine: use parent's stderr if exec fails

diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 70e8a249d0fe07b6a32b4da4ac8224d1c2f06b1b..5c91f37fb891c09bffa20343e037979ac340eaf1 100644 (file)
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -77,16 +77,14 @@ static void notify_parent(void)
 
 static NORETURN void die_child(const char *err, va_list params)
 {
-       char msg[4096];
-       int len = vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
-       if (len > sizeof(msg))
-               len = sizeof(msg);
-
-       write_in_full(child_err, "fatal: ", 7);
-       write_in_full(child_err, msg, len);
-       write_in_full(child_err, "\n", 1);
+       vwritef(child_err, "fatal: ", err, params);
        exit(128);
 }
+
+static void error_child(const char *err, va_list params)
+{
+       vwritef(child_err, "error: ", err, params);
+}
 #endif
 
 static inline void set_cloexec(int fd)
@@ -217,6 +215,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
                        set_cloexec(child_err);
                }
                set_die_routine(die_child);
+               set_error_routine(error_child);
 
                close(notify_pipe[0]);
                set_cloexec(notify_pipe[1]);