GNU bug report logs - #51135
timeout: --foreground causes exit status 124, even if KILL was used

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo <at> scientia.net>

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 51135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo <at> scientia.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 51135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51135: timeout: --foreground causes exit status 124, even
 if KILL was used
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:23:57 +0200

On Mon, 2021-10-11 at 22:20 +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> For that use case it's probably best to use --preserve-status,
> in which case the 137 from the child getting the SIGKILL
> will be propagated through.

But wouldn't that make me loose the 124, if COMMAND could actually be
SIGTERMed?
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