Re: [dmidecode] dmidecode should omit warning about SMBIOS version when -q is set

[Jens Rosenboom]

Am 16.03.14 16:36, schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
> [Jens Rosenboom]
>> As in particular scripts call dmidecode often with -s (implying -q)
>> and expect to get only a single word (and in particular only a
>> single line of output), I propose that in this case the warning
>> about an unsupported SMBIOS version should be ommited. Most scripts
>> won't be able to handle the warning properly anyway, also most -s
>> options should still continue to work. My patch would look like
>> this:
> 
> What about sending the warning to stderr instead?  This way scripts
> looking on stdin will not notice, while the info is still emitted.

Would be fine for me.