Re: [PATCH 2/2] shell: fix for 'wait -n' return 127 when nothing to wait

> On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 at 23:57, Dominique Martinet <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Dominique Martinet <[email protected]>
> >
> > wait -n would only return 127 if there is no job, not if there is no job
> > not accounted for.
> >
>
> Hi,
> I have applied the patch from Luiz just because he was the last one to
> submit on that topic (ash wait) but I realised that the BASH_WAIT_N
> symbol is undefined and it has no corresponding voice in the
> menuconfig.

Hi,

BASH_WAIT_N is set by ENABLE_ASH_BASH_COMPAT value in ash.c. Just grep
for it and check the first occurrence.

> Are these patches in any manner related?

Fixing similar issues but I wasn't aware of it. I just checked
bugzilla for similar issues but it was a partial search as bugzilla
and the site itself was very unstable these days. Most of my searches
were using external cached pages.

> Or are two independent approaches to the same issue?

Yes, independent. Sorry I missed the Dominique Martinet patch series.

> https://github.com/robang74/busybox/commit/7878ca060921422046c98d294a0aeecbf1b7f912
>
> Best regards,
> --
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Regards,

Luiz