[Chicago-talk] return value of failed system call

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com> writes:

Richard> I am writing a short script that will install several packages
Richard> and report if any fail.  The problem I am having is that
Richard> whether the install fails of succeeds I am getting "0" as a
Richard> result.  I am doing the follwing: my $result = system("yum -y
Richard> install NotA_real_package.hah-ha");

Richard> and $result comes back as "0" just as it does when I
Richard> successfully install a package. I am using CentOS.

It's up to the authors of yum to write code the way you want it.  If
they don't return a non-zero for a failed install, you'll have to parse
the error messages instead.

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