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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 50204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#50204: "Success" seen in failed copy message
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 19:01:42 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:46:11 -0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 50204 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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?

Yes, I think so.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.