Subject: Re: bug#41099: 28.0.50; TRAMP process-file ignores exit status of remote process

From: Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 17:36:38 +0200

Am Mi., 6. Mai 2020 um 15:32 Uhr schrieb Michael Albinus
<[email-masked]>:
>
> Michael Albinus <[email-masked]> writes:
>
> > Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]> writes:
> >>
> >> As a second step, consider also translating signals: if the exit code
> >> is > 128, subtract 128 and return an appropriate string, like
> >> call-process does.
> >
> > Thanks for the hint, will check.
>
> Well, I can't see what "call-process does":
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (call-process "bash" nil nil nil "-c" "exit 142")
> => 142
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Try
(call-process "bash" nil nil nil "-c" "kill -SYS $$")
"Bad system call"