Currently messages like "Writing flash chip..." that don't end with a newline are buffered until the operation is complete, unless the particular write function generates status output in the meantime.
Flushing stdout after each message ensures that the message appears immediately.
Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk eswierk@aristanetworks.com
--- Index: flashrom-0.9.2-r1057/cli_output.c =================================================================== --- flashrom-0.9.2-r1057.orig/cli_output.c +++ flashrom-0.9.2-r1057/cli_output.c @@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ int print(int type, const char *fmt, ... va_start(ap, fmt); ret = vfprintf(output_type, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); + fflush(output_type); return ret; }