print warnings and errors to stderr

crates/core/src/core.rs

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl Pacdef {
                 .context("filename is not valid UTF-8")?;
 
             if !target.exists() {
-                println!("file {target_name} does not exist, skipping");
+                eprintln!("file {target_name} does not exist, skipping");
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ impl Pacdef {
             link.push(target_name);
 
             if link.exists() {
-                println!("group {target_name} already exists, skipping");
+                eprintln!("group {target_name} already exists, skipping");
             } else {
                 symlink(target, link)?;
             }
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ fn show_error(error: &anyhow::Error, backend: &dyn Backend) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        None => println!("WARNING: skipping backend '{section}': {error}"),
+        None => eprintln!("WARNING: skipping backend '{section}': {error}"),
     }
 }
 

crates/core/src/grouping/group.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl Group {
             let path = file.path();
 
             if config.warn_not_symlinks && !path.is_symlink() {
-                println!(
+                eprintln!(
                     "WARNING: group file {} is not a symlink",
                     path.to_string_lossy()
                 );
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ impl Group {
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     let err = e.root_cause();
-                    println!("WARNING: could not process a section under group '{name}': {err}");
+                    eprintln!("WARNING: could not process a section under group '{name}': {err}");
                 }
             }
         }
 
         if sections.is_empty() {
-            println!("WARNING: no sections found in group '{name}'");
+            eprintln!("WARNING: no sections found in group '{name}'");
         }
 
         let path = path.into();