as expected, a missing PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR throws fatal error

$ PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR=/a/b/c/d ./result/bin/pseudo
Warning: PSEUDO_PREFIX unset, defaulting to /tmp/./result.
Can't open local state path '/a/b/c/d': No such file or directory

pseudo-1.9.0/pseudo_client.c

pseudo_diag("Can't open local state path '%s': %s\n",



but if PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR is read-only
then pseudo produces this deadloop

$ ./result/bin/pseudo
Warning: PSEUDO_PREFIX unset, defaulting to /tmp/./result.
help: can't open log file /tmp/./result/var/pseudo/pseudo.log: Read-only file system
help: can't open log file /tmp/./result/var/pseudo/pseudo.log: Read-only file system
help: can't open log file /tmp/./result/var/pseudo/pseudo.log: Read-only file system
...

pseudo-1.9.0/pseudo_util.c

pseudo_diag("help: can't open log file %s: %s\n", pseudo_path, strerror(errno));



i tried adding "exit(1);" after the pseudo_diag call, but no help
so this condition should be checked earlier in the code