GNU bug report logs - #6430
Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: macross84 <at> ozu.es

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:29:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: macross84 <at> ozu.es, 6430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:40:07 +0300

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
> Cc: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net,  macross84 <at> ozu.es,  6430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:15:54 +0200
> 
> > GetLastError has nothing to do with this, because it's not an API that
> > fails, it's a program that exits with some arbitrary exit code.
> 
> if( ! CreateProcess(....) ) {
>   DWORD ec = GetLastError();
>   // do some cleanup
>   ExitProcess(ec);
> }

That's not how Emacs does that, see waitpid and its callers.
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