Re: rpm exit codes

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On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:41:48PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> > Is there a defined list of the exit codes that rpm will return based on
> > the type of error it had?
> Normal shell scripting.

What do you mean by that? Many programs return meaningful error codes to the
shell -- look at rsync, for example. RPM's return value is certainly "normal
shell scripting", but unfortunately except in some very specific instances,
the actual exit code isn't particularly helpful.

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