[Bug-gnu-arch] [bug #5018] what-changed's exit status is 1 if changes are found

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Changes by: Alexander Deruwe <address@hidden>
Date: Wed 09/03/2003 at 08:04 (GMT)

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Ok, I concede that it is convenient. "Feature, not a bug", I suppose. I hadn't 
really given this a lot of thought, and got stuck in the "0 means ok, 1 means 
argh" way of thinking.



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Submitted by: aderuwe                 Project: GNU arch -- a revision control 
system
Submitted on: Mon 09/01/2003 at 14:37
Category:  tla                        Severity:  5 - Major                  
Bug Group:  bug                       Resolution:  None                     
Status:  Feedback                     Release:                              
Fixed Release:                        Merge Request?:  None                 
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Assigned to:  None                    

Summary:  what-changed's exit status is 1 if changes are found

Original Submission:  what-changed gets its exit status from 
'arch_any_changes()'. This means what-changed exits with status 1 anytime there 
are changes, and with status 0 when there are not.

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Wed 09/03/2003 at 08:04       By: aderuwe
Ok, I concede that it is convenient. "Feature, not a bug", I suppose. I hadn't 
really given this a lot of thought, and got stuck in the "0 means ok, 1 means 
argh" way of thinking.

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Date: Tue 09/02/2003 at 13:28       By: miles
Yeah, it's definitely not a bug, and indeed it's very useful behavior (I've 
already used it in at least one shell script).



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Date: Mon 09/01/2003 at 18:45       By: tomlord
Why is this a bug?   It makes what-changed

similar to diff.






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