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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH selftest fails!] m68k: Wire up execveat
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 15:37:36 +0100
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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Check success of execveat(5, 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy', 0)... [FAIL] (child 792 exited with 126 not 127)

POSIX says (http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_08_02):

    If a command is not found, the exit status shall be 127. If the
    command name is found, but it is not an executable utility, the exit
    status shall be 126.

Andreas.

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