Re: debian patches to exit with code 127 for nonexistent/directory scripts

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <cristian.ionescu-idbohrn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 
>> Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Debian's dash package has some local changes which cause an exit
>> > with code 127, as required by POSIX, if a script (passed with dash
>> > <filename>) cannot be opened or cannot be read because it is a
>> > directory.
> 
> My interpretation of the above is that debian's patched dash is POSIX
> compliant WRT the named exit code.

Well if dash is broken then you should submit a patch.

Thanks,
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