[release/1.4.14] cmd/utils: don't check for stderr redirect on windows

fjl · karalabe · commit 25205d64d77d · 2016-09-28T13:32:06.000+03:00
The redirect check did not work on Go 1.6 and below because Stat returned an error for stdout and stderr. In Go 1.7 Stat works on stdout but doesn't return anything meaningful, causing cmd/geth test failures because the message is printed to stderr only. Fix it by printing to stdout only. (cherry picked from commit b04219f)
diff --git a/cmd/utils/cmd.go b/cmd/utils/cmd.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
@@ -52,10 +53,16 @@ func openLogFile(Datadir string, filename string) *os.File {
 // is redirected to a different file.
 func Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	w := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, os.Stderr)
-	outf, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
-	errf, _ := os.Stderr.Stat()
-	if outf != nil && errf != nil && os.SameFile(outf, errf) {
-		w = os.Stderr
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// The SameFile check below doesn't work on Windows.
+		// stdout is unlikely to get redirected though, so just print there.
+		w = os.Stdout
+	} else {
+		outf, _ := os.Stdout.Stat()
+		errf, _ := os.Stderr.Stat()
+		if outf != nil && errf != nil && os.SameFile(outf, errf) {
+			w = os.Stderr
+		}
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Fatal: "+format+"\n", args...)
 	logger.Flush()
