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bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits


From: Noam Postavsky
Subject: bug#6430: Emacs WINDOWS truncates exit status of processes to 8 bits
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:48:25 -0400

tag 6430 + wontfix
quit

Problem is 32bit Emacs has 28 bit integers, so there's no way to fit
the whole exit code anyway. At least truncating to 8 bits is portable.
Plus, isn't it against Emacs policy to provide features on non-Free
platforms before Free ones?





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