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	Laszlo Molnar on Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:26:49 +0100)
Subject: Re: DJGPP port of Perl 5.6.1 & POSIX::WEXITSTATUS
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> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:26:49 +0100
> From: Laszlo Molnar <laszlo DOT molnar AT eth DOT ericsson DOT se>
> > > >
> > > > 1. Make POSIX::WEXITSTATUS (and the other POSIX:W*) do something special
> > > > for DJGPP, to cope with the inconsistency between the return code of
> > > > Perl's "system" call and POSIX::W*.
> 
> I'd vote for this one.

Me too.

Btw, this bug in the DJGPP port of Perl breaks the GNU Make test suite
for DJGPP.  If you'll look into all the latest releases of the Make
port, you will see that one of the tests shifts the exit code 8 bits
to succeed.