From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: 6430@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:07:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r3bzkjg3.fsf@wanadoo.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1310.80.58.205.52.1276622459.squirrel@correo.ozu.es>
Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> Problem is 32bit Emacs has 28 bit integers, so there's no way to fit
> the whole exit code anyway.
There is -with-wide-int for 32bit Emacs and it can be compiled as a
64bit executable.
> At least truncating to 8 bits is portable.
Imposing the limits of one platform on another is the contrary of being
portable.
> Plus, isn't it against Emacs policy to provide features on non-Free
> platforms before Free ones?
Nobody is asking for more than 8 bits of exit status on *nix. There is
no competition here about who has the wider exit status.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-14 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-15 17:20 bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits macross84
2016-06-14 2:48 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-14 13:07 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2016-06-14 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-14 21:48 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-15 2:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 12:30 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-15 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 15:15 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-15 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 17:14 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-15 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 17:36 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-15 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 18:22 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-15 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-15 19:32 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-16 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-16 4:13 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-16 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-16 17:56 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-16 19:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-19 4:05 ` Stefan Kangas
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