Donald Sharp wrote:
>
> If the return codes for a program are reversed on vms,
> such that success = 1 and failure = 0, then cvs would
> always exit with a failure on vms systems. Attached
> is a patch to fix this problem.
>
Assuming that VMS has a conforming C compiler, this is not
a problem. The C system interprets both 0 and EXIT_SUCCESS
as successful exits, and EXIT_FAILURE as a failure exit.
These are defined in <stdlib.h>.
If the operating system has other conventions, and many have,
then the C compiler needs to create code that will change the
exit status appropriately. In this case, it should transform
0 to 1 and whatever it uses as EXIT_FAILURE to 0. In other
words, do what it takes to make ISO standard C work on the
system.
If CVS is telling VMS that it fails when it in fact succeeds,
then the C compiler is bad, and likely has other failings
as well. Find a better compiler, or pester your vendor to
conform to the standard.
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