From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:56:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87shwdhva7.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <1310.80.58.205.52.1276622459.squirrel@correo.ozu.es> <831t3zg7or.fsf@gnu.org> <83d1njdvk9.fsf@gnu.org> <87mvmmk52b.fsf@wanadoo.es> <8337oeebr0.fsf@gnu.org> <87inxajxed.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83y466cvfs.fsf@gnu.org> <87eg7yjrwu.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83shwecq84.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8imjqwh.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83r3bycor8.fsf@gnu.org> <8760tajori.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83oa72cmmj.fsf@gnu.org> <871t3yjljf.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83mvmldfnp.fsf@gnu.org> <87wplpixdx.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83k2hpcgug.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1466100660 21926 80.91.229.3 (16 Jun 2016 18:11:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6430@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 16 20:10:49 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbke-0004Lc-KJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:10:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbkd-0002i3-NA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:10:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXO-0006Ps-Ku for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXL-000139-16 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXK-000135-Th for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXK-0002wd-Ip for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6430 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6430-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6430.146609981811310 (code B ref 6430); Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6430) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jun 2016 17:56:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43521 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXG-0002wL-ES for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:56:58 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp22.acens.net ([86.109.99.146]:33768 helo=smtp.movistar.es) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bDbXE-0002w7-BY for 6430@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:56:57 -0400 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A0B0205.5762E861.02E1, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown Original-Received: from qcore (217.125.182.141) by smtp.movistar.es (8.6.122.03) (authenticated as 981711563$telefonica.net) id 57462DC9013C0135; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:56:49 +0000 In-Reply-To: <83k2hpcgug.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:07:35 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) 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: 208.118.235.43 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:119634 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> The MS toolchain (to name just a case that we could expect to be used >> from Emacs) outputs quite a few exit codes larger than 255. > > Any pointers to where these values are documented? cl.exe, for instance, uses the codes in winerror.h for reporting failures: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ebh0y918.aspx AFAIR it is a common practice among MS applications, and widely used by Windows-only software vendors.