From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31552: 27.0.50; Document that Emacs in batch mode exits with exit status -1 on error Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:16:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87pnj1is18.fsf@gnus.org> References: <837envehkl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="351"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 31552@debbugs.gnu.org To: Philipp Stephani Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 12 23:17:32 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOlV-0018CH-KR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:17:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36098 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOlU-0007Mm-ID for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:17:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:32990) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOl7-0007GU-J7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:17:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOl6-00075j-5T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:17:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:53751) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOl4-00074p-R9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:17:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOl4-0004LB-IX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31552 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 31552-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31552.157091497213965 (code B ref 31552); Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31552) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Oct 2019 21:16:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34333 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOkE-0003at-8g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:10 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:40400) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOkB-0003Xd-8h for 31552@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:09 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJOk7-0008WV-El; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:16:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Philipp Stephani's message of "Tue, 22 May 2018 19:19:54 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169066 Archived-At: Philipp Stephani writes: > Eli Zaretskii schrieb am Di., 22. Mai 2018 um 19:17 Uhr: > > > From: Philipp > > Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 15:41:25 +0200 > > > > I haven't found any documentation in the Lisp reference manual that the > > exit status of an Emacs process exiting due to a nonlocal exit is -1 by > > default (adjusted to 255 by Bash). This should be documented, for users > > that run Emacs in batch mode. > > I'm not sure I understand what you are describing. Can you show a > reproducer? > > $ src/emacs -Q -batch -eval '(error "foo")' ; echo $? > > foo > > 255 I've now added something like this to the Emacs 27 manual. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no