[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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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=
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