Change virExec() such that with --enable-debug, stdout and stderr no longer go to /dev/null. Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com&gt; Index: libvirt/src/util.c =================================================================== --- libvirt.orig/src/util.c 2008-01-07 18:00:03.000000000 +0000 +++ libvirt.orig/src/util.c 2008-01-07 18:00:03.000000000 +0000 @@ -157,10 +157,17 @@ _virExec(virConnectPtr conn, if (dup2(infd >= 0 ? infd : null, STDIN_FILENO) < 0) _exit(1); +#ifndef ENABLE_DEBUG if (dup2(pipeout[1] > 0 ? pipeout[1] : null, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0) _exit(1); if (dup2(pipeerr[1] > 0 ? pipeerr[1] : null, STDERR_FILENO) < 0) _exit(1); +#else /* ENABLE_DEBUG */ + if (pipeout[1] > 0 && dup2(pipeout[1], STDOUT_FILENO) < 0) + _exit(1); + if (pipeerr[1] > 0 && dup2(pipeerr[1], STDERR_FILENO) < 0) + _exit(1); +#endif /* ENABLE_DEBUG */ close(null); if (pipeout[1] > 0) --