In checking the GNU make documentation, it states that error code 1 is
for when make -q is used and the test fails.
As this is considered a failure status on Unix (non-zero), it should
also be considered a failure status on VMS.
It best matched to a failure status of STS$K_WARNING, with the error
code 2 be STS$K_ERROR as it is now.
The other logical alternative would be for severity for MAKE_TROUBLE to
also to be STS$K_ERROR, which would force DCL scripts to actually look
at the status code to determine the difference.
To have MAKE_TROUBLE be informational status would not be correct since
it is documented to be a failure condition.
Regards,
-John
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