+ if (stdoutput) {
+ free (*stdoutput);
+ *stdoutput = NULL;
+ }
+ if (stderror) {
+ free (*stderror);
+ /* Need to return non-NULL *stderror here since most callers
+ * will try to print and then free the err string.
+ * Unfortunately recovery from strdup failure here is not
+ * possible.
+ */
+ *stderror = strdup ("error running external command, "
+ "see debug output for details");
+ }