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| -rw-r--r-- | capture_sync.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/capture_sync.c b/capture_sync.c index 585deebd71..b2970c30e4 100644 --- a/capture_sync.c +++ b/capture_sync.c @@ -1590,6 +1590,15 @@ sync_pipe_wait_for_child(int fork_child, gchar **msgp) if (_cwait(&fork_child_status, fork_child, _WAIT_CHILD) == -1) { *msgp = g_strdup_printf("Error from cwait(): %s", strerror(errno)); ret = -1; + } else { + /* + * The child exited; return its exit status. Do not treat this as + * an error. + * + * XXX - can we distinguish "exited with an exit status XXX" from + * "terminated with an uncaught exception YYY"? + */ + ret = fork_child_status; } #else if (waitpid(fork_child, &fork_child_status, 0) != -1) { |