GNU bug report logs - #50204
"Success" seen in failed copy message

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Message #23 received at 50204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 50204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50204: "Success" seen in failed copy message
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:46:11 -0700

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

>>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> EZ> So does Emacs: that's why you get the error message.  The "Success"
> EZ> part comes from the value of errno.
>
> I see. Success means failure.
> Or maybe failure means success.
> OK. Got it.

I think we should thank POSIX for any confusion that can come from this.

So should this be closed as notabug?

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