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| -rw-r--r-- | run-command.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index e273c6c451..30c2b3dd88 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -248,7 +248,14 @@ static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid, const char *argv0) } else if (waiting != pid) { error("waitpid is confused (%s)", argv0); } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) { - error("%s died of signal", argv0); + code = WTERMSIG(status); + error("%s died of signal %d", argv0, code); + /* + * This return value is chosen so that code & 0xff + * mimics the exit code that a POSIX shell would report for + * a program that died from this signal. + */ + code -= 128; } else if (WIFEXITED(status)) { code = WEXITSTATUS(status); /* |