Am 14.02.2015 01:45 schrieb "Patrick Schleizer" <adrela...@riseup.net>: > > Package: apt > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-CC: hol...@layer-acht.org,p...@debian.org > > When "apt-get update" fails the program under some conditions exits with > a 0 status. It would be useful if it exited with a non-zero status in > that case (or if there were a switch to tell it to do so). > > Since there is already... > > - provide meaningful exit codes for network failures > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776152 > > and > > - apt: Provide meaningful exit codes for gpg failures > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=745735 > > That have been found more or less by trial and error... I am wondering, > if there are any other situations, where this could happen. > > Perhaps while you're at #776152 and #745735, could you please check if > there are other cases, where apt-get exits with a 0 status, where it > should exit with a non-zero status? > > Cheers, > Patrick
The results are meaningful. 0 indicates success or transient error, whereas other values indicate a persistent error. Stuff like gpg errors are transient, they are expected to happen during mirror updates due to the repository format.
