From 930d2d320a89684bf79a4de3bf0f6ab12300a415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Dimov <pdimov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:36:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] depinst: change vprint to print to stderr; the messages are
 status, not program output

---
 depinst/depinst.py | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/depinst/depinst.py b/depinst/depinst.py
index c27edee..1198c1d 100644
--- a/depinst/depinst.py
+++ b/depinst/depinst.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ verbose = 0
 def vprint( level, *args ):
 
     if verbose >= level:
-        print( *args )
+        print( *args, file=sys.stderr )
 
 
 class CommandExecutionError(Exception):
@@ -329,7 +329,5 @@ if( __name__ == "__main__" ):
 
     except Exception as e:
 
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-
-        print( 'Error:', e, file=sys.stderr )
-        sys.exit(1)
+        vprint( -1, 'Error:', e )
+        sys.exit( 1 )