misc/124748: sh -c 'exit -1' fails with "Illegal number: -1", instead of exiting with a code of 255

[Edwin Groothuis]

The following reply was made to PR bin/124748; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin at mavetju.org>
To: Garrett Cooper <gcooper at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD Gnats Submit <freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: misc/124748: sh -c 'exit -1' fails with "Illegal number: -1", instead of exiting with a code of 255
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:45:22 +1000

 On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 07:03:10AM +0000, Garrett Cooper wrote:
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/sh/exec.c,v
 > retrieving revision 1.31
 > diff -r1.31 exec.c
 > 40a41
 > > #include <string.h>
 > 361c362
 > < 			if (prefix("builtin", pathopt)) {
 > ---
 > > 			if (strncmp(BUILTIN, pathopt, strlen(BUILTIN)) == 0) {
 > Index: histedit.c
 > ===================================================================
 
 I don't want to be a pain, but could you do this with "diff -u" in
 case there is some context required?
 
 Edwin
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