[Bug 300226] [NEW] Prints error messages to stdout

[Johan Walles]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: bind9-host

I'm on bind9-host version 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2 (hardy).

The "host" command prints error messages to stdout.

They should be printed to stderr.

Printing them to stdout leads to problems like these:
http://bugs.debian.org/375787
http://bugs.debian.org/482375

Repro:
johan at transwarp:/tmp/tjo/bind9-9.4.2.dfsg.P2$ host assasgffgds
Host assasgffgds not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
johan at transwarp:/tmp/tjo/bind9-9.4.2.dfsg.P2$ host assasgffgds > /dev/null
johan at transwarp:/tmp/tjo/bind9-9.4.2.dfsg.P2$ echo $?
1

Wikipedia entry about stderr says that its purpose is "to provide the best chance of being seen even if standard output is redirected":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams#Standard_error_.28stderr.29

** Affects: bind9 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Prints error messages to stdout
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300226
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