NetBSD Problem Report #45769

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Subject: wording issue in exit(3)
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>Number:         45769
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       wording issue in exit(3)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 02 13:45:00 +0000 2012
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jan 02 16:18:58 +0000 2012
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jan 02 16:18:58 +0000 2012
>Originator:     eradman@radstation2.eadman.com
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.59
>Organization:
	Eric Radman <ericshane@eradman.com>
>Environment:


System: NetBSD radstation2.eadman.com 5.99.59 NetBSD 5.99.59 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Dec 30 08:57:52 EST 2011 eradman@radstation2.eadman.com:/home/eradman/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
	Might help if this man page was reworded so that it is clear
	how negative return values are interpreted
>How-To-Repeat:
	man 3 exit
>Fix:
	- Lastly, exit() and _Exit() call _exit(2).  Note that typically _exit(2)
	- only passes the lower 8 bits of status on to the parent, thus negative
	- values have less meaning.

	+ Lastly, exit() and _Exit() call _exit(2).  Note that _exit(2) only
	+ passes the lower 8 bits of status on to the parent, thus supplying a
	+ value of -10 would result in an exit code of 246.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: misc-bug-people->lib-bug-people
Responsible-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:26:04 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
assign correct category and provide a synopsis


From: "David A. Holland" <dholland@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/45769 CVS commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:55:30 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	dholland
 Date:		Mon Jan  2 15:55:30 UTC 2012

 Modified Files:
 	src/lib/libc/stdlib: exit.3

 Log Message:
 Clarify the behavior of exit(x) for out-of-range x. PR 45769


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.14 -r1.15 src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:01:36 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
I've extended the wording. Is it clear enough? Negative values shouldn't
be used.


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:18:58 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Feedback mail bounced.


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