From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 23:20:01 GMT
Subject: Re: RFC: error codes on exit
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In-Reply-To: <CAMMLpeScunGg5WM4N90vG+yN3tOATqhsL2iRLsJ43ksNyTx_wQ@mail.gmail.com>



On 5/21/21 9:53 AM, Alex Henrie wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's good to not include many initial codes, but I would start with at
>> least three:
>>
>>    OK = 0,
>>    UNKNOWN = 1,
>>    NORMAL = 2,
> 
> If you go that route, could you please pick a word other than "normal"
> to describe errors that are not entirely unexpected? I'm worried that
> someone will see "normal" and use it instead of "OK" to indicate
> success.
> 

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	-hpa