From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 6 8:45:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA2A37B401 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:45:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk (chiark.greenend.org.uk [193.201.200.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F005743ED8 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:45:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@chiark.greenend.org.uk) Received: from fanf by chiark.greenend.org.uk with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 18VaNb-0002Vc-00 (Debian); Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:45:35 +0000 To: Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net From: Tony Finch Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha tinderbox failure In-Reply-To: <20030105163435.V4807@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> References: <2994.1041712055@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030105175202.N14167-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20030105175202.N14167-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Message-Id: Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 16:45:35 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gerhard Sittig wrote: > >Although the above case is special from what I learnt in another >message in this thread (I managed to delete it after seeing it so >I cannot quote it here). ISTR that the non zero exit status comes >from a tool with the following convention: 0 is "absolutely OK", >1 is "not perfect but still plausible enough to get accepted most >of the time", and 2 is "a real error, never OK". I believe that unifdef got its exit status values from diff. (The use of the word "trouble" in the DIAGNOSTICS section is indicative.) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch http://dotat.at/ CAPE WRATH TO RATTRAY HEAD INCLUDING ORKNEY: VARIABLE 1 OR 2 LOCALLY 3 OR 4. ISOLATED WINTRY SHOWERS. MAINLY GOOD. MODERATE DECAYING SLIGHT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message