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Date:      Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:33:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: remote make install
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960629103123.5294C-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199606291249.OAA28033@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, J Wunsch wrote:

> > Here's a portion of /usr/include/errno.h:
> > 
> > /* Network File System */
> > #define ESTALE          70              /* Stale NFS file handle */
> > #define EREMOTE         71              /* Too many levels of remote in path */
> > #define EBADRPC         72              /* RPC struct is bad */
> 
> Wrong quote. :-}
> 
> ``Error code'' in make == exit status.
> 
> 
> SYSEXITS(3)               FreeBSD Programmer's Manual              SYSEXITS(3)
> 
> NAME
>      sysexits - preferable exit codes for programs
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      #include <sysexits.h>
> 
> ...
>      EX_OSERR (71)         An operating system error has been detected.  This
>                            is intended to be used for such things as ``cannot
>                            fork'', ``cannot create pipe'', or the like.  It
>                            includes things like getuid returning a user that
>                            does not exist in the passwd file.

Very good info.  I looked at make's man page, but couldn't see any 
reference to error returns.  Is there any possiblity of changing the man 
page to include a reference to sysexits(3) ?

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