I also noticed if the binary format is registered but the file has no executable permissions I'm getting 2 times the output "Permission denied":
sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ exec '/wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe' bash: /wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe: Permission denied bash: exec: /wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe: cannot execute: Permission denied -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bash in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594338 Title: Using exec on a non-supported binary format shows "Success" Status in bash package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 dev with bash 4.3-14ubuntu2 and on using exec on a non-supported binary format I'm getting the output "Success" while the file couldn't be executed like in this example: sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ exec '/wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe' bash: /wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error bash: /wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steam.exe: Success To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1594338/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
