On 07/03/2012 08:19 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Inspired by the EXIT_FAILURE problem Pádraig spotted
> and that Paul just fixed, I wrote a new syntax-check rule
> to help avoid that sort of problem.  The following programs
> must avoid most new uses of EXIT_FAILURE:
> 
>   chroot.c
>   env.c
>   expr.c
>   ls.c
>   nice.c
>   nohup.c
>   printenv.c
>   setuidgid.c
>   stdbuf.c
>   system.h
>   timeout.c
>   tty.c
> 
> This new syntax-check rule caught a minor problem in
> our helper setuidgid (not installed) and I fixed another
> minor problem in the vicinity (dead code on error path).
> 
> Here are the two patches:

Nice one.
That check is certainly warranted.
Both patches look fine from a quick glance.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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