Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:15:40 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r184509 - head/share/man/man9 Message-ID: <867i7lq7b7.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20081101212937.D12448@delplex.bde.org> (Bruce Evans's message of "Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:05:41 %2B1100 (EST)") References: <200810311447.m9VElFtp083250@svn.freebsd.org> <20081101212937.D12448@delplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> writes: > Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> writes: > > In style(9) examples of err() and errx(), use sysexits(3) errors > > rather than returning 1. > style(9) was correct. Using sysexits(3) is a style bug in most cases > [...] I agree. If we must use symbolic names, I suggest we just follow the standard, cf. ISO/IEC 9899:1999 =C2=A77.20.4.3: If the value of status is zero or EXIT_SUCCESS, an implementation- defined form of the status successful termination is returned. If the value of status is EXIT_FAILURE, an implementation-defined form of the status unsuccessful termination is returned. Otherwise the status returned is implementation-defined. Note that our <stdlib.h> defines EXIT_FAILURE to 1. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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