From: David Leadbeater <dgl@dgl.cx>
Subject: Re: ssh-add: print error "The agent has no identities." to stderr instead of stdout
To: noodle@pastanoggin.com
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:18:42 +1100

On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 08:34, <noodle@pastanoggin.com> wrote:
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> Other similar errors in the ssh-add.c log to stderr so it's safe to
> align this printf too.

Many people rely on this being on stdout, I would not say this is safe.

For example, just a sample of dotfiles and such that it's trivial to
search with GitHub:
https://github.com/search?q=%2Fgrep+%28%3F%3A-.+%29%3F.%3FThe.agent.has.no.ident%2F&type=code
(To save clicking, 437 matches, some do redirect stderr, but most don't.)