Re: error handling bug in sendoff() of sendmail 5.65

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From: Eric Wassenaar
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 09:51

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In article <DEMIZU.91May4162444@freezer.nff.ncl.omron.co.jp>, demizu@nff.ncl.omron.co.jp (DEMIZU Noritoshi) writes:
> So I think sendoff() returns ExitStat in stead of -1.  And the global
> variable ExitStat should be set to have proper status in openmailer().

sendoff() should indeed return ExitStat instead of -1 if the call
to openmailer() fails.
However, openmailer() will already have stored a proper status
in ExitStat because it calls syserr() before failing, and syserr()
sets ExitStat to EX_OSERR or EX_SOFTWARE.
It makes sense though, to override this by EX_TEMPFAIL in case of
a failing fork().

Eric Wassenaar
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Subject: Re: error handling bug in sendoff() of sendmail 5.65
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