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-rw-r--r--libiberty/pex-unix.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/pex-unix.c b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
index 3753812..4428f60 100644
--- a/libiberty/pex-unix.c
+++ b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ static void
pex_child_error (struct pex_obj *obj, const char *executable,
const char *errmsg, int err)
{
-#define writeerr(s) if (write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s))) {}
+ int retval = 0;
+#define writeerr(s) retval |= (write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s)) < 0)
writeerr (obj->pname);
writeerr (": error trying to exec '");
writeerr (executable);
@@ -378,7 +379,8 @@ pex_child_error (struct pex_obj *obj, const char *executable,
writeerr (xstrerror (err));
writeerr ("\n");
#undef writeerr
- _exit (-1);
+ /* Exit with -2 if the error output failed, too. */
+ _exit (retval == 0 ? -1 : -2);
}
/* Execute a child. */