[bug #20891] exit status enhancement for xargs

2013-11-05 Thread Grzegorz Szyszlo
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #20891 (project findutils): Why this is waiting from 2007y ? it is 6 years! This is strongly recommended improove exit codes. Unfortunately we chould save old beavior. What is my opinion: 1. add another option for switch on new exit code table 2. for exitcodes 0 to 123,

[bug #38658] If the command exec() fails, xargs terminates prematurely

2013-11-05 Thread Grzegorz Szyszlo
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #38658 (project findutils): xargs exits immediatly when you simulate exitcodes 124, 125, 126, 127. what for is that? in my opinion unsusable. for backwards compatibility it should be new option to xargs that will make continue running if it is sense. a lot of commands re