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Re: [PATCH] Port functions/shell to Solaris 10
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: [PATCH] Port functions/shell to Solaris 10 |
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Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:09:41 +0200 |
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On Okt 11 2019, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/10/19 3:28 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
>> Perhaps Perl on Solaris does some magic
>> to convert this non-standard behavior into standard behavior.
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> Yes, I think it's something along those lines. POSIX doesn't specify how
> signal numbers and exit statuses are shoehorned into the 'int' status
> updated by waitpid; apps are supposed to use WEXITSTATUS etc. to retrieve
> the info from that 'int'. I think that Perl tries to standardize this so
> that Perl apps just one way to shoehorn.
The format is documented in perlvar(1).
Andreas.
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