On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 10:13:13PM +1300, Dave Cameron wrote: > doas(1) currently states: > -clip- > EXIT STATUS > The doas utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. It may > fail for one of the following reasons: > > o The config file /etc/doas.conf could not be parsed. > o The user attempted to run a command which is not permitted. > o The password was incorrect. > o The specified command was not found or is not executable. > -clip- > This is incorrect, doas returns the exit status of command as in: > -clip- > $ doas false && echo "was true" > -no output- > > $ doas true && echo "was true" > was true > -clip- > > Manpage amended, to be like nice(1). > > Patch below: >
hi. this is not quite the full story, i think: for options like -C the man page is correct. so i think your diff should somehow spell out that generally doas will exit with the status of command, but can itself exit in such and such a manner if invoked with the options .. jmc > Index: usr.bin/doas/doas.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/doas/doas.1,v > retrieving revision 1.19 > diff -u -r1.19 doas.1 > --- usr.bin/doas/doas.1 4 Sep 2016 15:20:37 -0000 1.19 > +++ usr.bin/doas/doas.1 12 Oct 2018 07:36:29 -0000 > @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ > The default is root. > .El > .Sh EXIT STATUS > -.Ex -std doas > -It may fail for one of the following reasons: > +.Nm > +may fail for one of the following reasons: > .Pp > .Bl -bullet -compact > .It > @@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ > .It > The specified command was not found or is not executable. > .El > +.Pp > +Otherwise, the exit status of > +.Nm > +shall be that of > +.Ar command . > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr su 1 , > .Xr doas.conf 5 > > > > -- >
