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

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:30:40 +0200

Philipp Stephani <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Philipp,

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

I see. Hmm, this would require to install a trap handler in the remote
shell, and to add a mechanism transferring its result back to
Tramp. Don't know whether this is worth the effort.

Best regards, Michael.