Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:47:48 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: svn commit: r245506 - head/bin/pwait Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmn6LLtwOF7Oh8d5CrfB9prknus6LwjJH4ruKJaZ8=uAA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201301171050.07596.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201301161815.r0GIFQPk007553@svn.freebsd.org> <20130117130740.I1066@besplex.bde.org> <CAF6rxg=RBJ280qe=ZAbPYBV-uXcjBYFTqCXP%2Bi_LzpMSi2aHkg@mail.gmail.com> <201301171050.07596.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 17 January 2013 10:50, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Eh, I think bde@ has quite a bit more experience with this than you. No doubt. > <sysexits.h> is not part of POSIX or any other standard. It's comments > reference delivermail (the predecessor to sendmail). Looking at its history, ... Understood. I have found value in programs which output specific error returns instead of "1" or "0". The specific use of sysexits instead of each application choose their own is a nicety. > In practice it's list of error value is limited and has not grown to handle > new errors in over two decades (as opposed to, say, the list of errnos). Perhaps it is best to extend it instead of deprecating it? -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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