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diff --git a/lib/freopen-safer.c b/lib/freopen-safer.c
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+/* Invoke freopen, but avoid some glitches.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Written by Eric Blake.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "stdio-safer.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Guarantee that FD is open; all smaller FDs must already be open.
+   Return true if successful.  */
+static bool
+protect_fd (int fd)
+{
+  int value = open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+  if (value != fd)
+    {
+      if (0 <= value)
+        {
+          close (value);
+          errno = EBADF; /* Unexpected; this is as good as anything else.  */
+        }
+      return false;
+    }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/* Like freopen, but guarantee that reopening stdin, stdout, or stderr
+   preserves the invariant that STDxxx_FILENO==fileno(stdxxx), and
+   that no other stream will interfere with the standard streams.
+   This is necessary because most freopen implementations will change
+   the associated fd of a stream to the lowest available slot.  */
+
+FILE *
+freopen_safer (char const *name, char const *mode, FILE *f)
+{
+  /* Unfortunately, we cannot use the fopen_safer approach of using
+     fdopen (dup_safer (fileno (freopen (cmd, mode, f)))), because we
+     need to return f itself.  The implementation of freopen(NULL,m,f)
+     is system-dependent, so the best we can do is guarantee that all
+     lower-valued standard fds are open prior to the freopen call,
+     even though this puts more pressure on open fds.  */
+  bool protect_in = false;
+  bool protect_out = false;
+  bool protect_err = false;
+  int saved_errno;
+
+  switch (fileno (f))
+    {
+    default: /* -1 or not a standard stream.  */
+      if (dup2 (STDERR_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO) != STDERR_FILENO)
+        protect_err = true;
+      /* fall through */
+    case STDERR_FILENO:
+      if (dup2 (STDOUT_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO) != STDOUT_FILENO)
+        protect_out = true;
+      /* fall through */
+    case STDOUT_FILENO:
+      if (dup2 (STDIN_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO) != STDIN_FILENO)
+        protect_in = true;
+      /* fall through */
+    case STDIN_FILENO:
+      /* Nothing left to protect.  */
+      break;
+    }
+  if (protect_in && !protect_fd (STDIN_FILENO))
+    f = NULL;
+  else if (protect_out && !protect_fd (STDOUT_FILENO))
+    f = NULL;
+  else if (protect_err && !protect_fd (STDERR_FILENO))
+    f = NULL;
+  else
+    f = freopen (name, mode, f);
+  saved_errno = errno;
+  if (protect_err)
+    close (STDERR_FILENO);
+  if (protect_out)
+    close (STDOUT_FILENO);
+  if (protect_in)
+    close (STDIN_FILENO);
+  if (!f)
+    errno = saved_errno;
+  return f;
+}