[bug #68501] Manual unclear about exit codes 128 through 254
Geoff Clare <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 06:19:55 -0400 (EDT)
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--8323329-1649760492-1783505995=:591706 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Disposition: inline Follow-up Comment #3, bug #68501 (group findutils):=0A=0A=0A> It is possibl= e that the exit status used in response to the utility exiting=0A> with 255= is under-specified in POSIX.1-2024.=0A> [...]=0A> So the diagnostic messag= e and immediate stop are both required. But there is=0A> no explicit requi= rement above about the exit status.=0A=0AThe exit status is required to be = 1-125 because the condition "one or more of=0Athe invocations of utility re= turned a non-zero exit status" is satisfied by=0Athe utility's 255 exit.=0A= =0A=0A _______________________________________________________=0A=0ARepl= y to this item at:=0A=0A <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68501>=0A=0A_____= __________________________________________=0AMessage sent via Savannah=0Aht= tps://savannah.gnu.org/=0A --8323329-1649760492-1783505995=:591706 Content-Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQQk97aszIMMAvLLwm6qLAuaBUf3TgUCak4kSwAKCRCqLAuaBUf3 TqUHAQDj4b0bYSO7PSBLdnhoWjAtm1w7/EqMf3/UydkUc4DbLwD+JDbHT41DtV4O NbiDAnLTdGSuVUtCBOZdtKOUK0kD2AE= =CHvM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8323329-1649760492-1783505995=:591706--