In various places throughout the code, we want to "nullify" the std fds,
opening them to /dev/null or zero or so. Instead, let's unify this code and do
it in such a way that Coverity (probably) won't complain.
v2: use /dev/null for stdin as well
v3: add a comment about use of C's short circuiting
v4: axe comment, check errors on dup2, s/quiet/need_null_stdfds