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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-8012

Wrong exit code when asking for help

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        • Type: Bug
        • Status: Open
        • Priority: Minor
        • Resolution: Unresolved
        • Affects Version/s: 5.1.67, 5.2.14, 5.3.12, 10.1, 10.0, 5.5
        • Fix Version/s: 10.1, 10.0, 5.5
        • Component/s: OTHER
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        • Environment:
          Linux

          Description

          Description:
          There are weird exit codes of some utilities:

          `mysql_waitpid --help` returns 255 instead of 0

          `mysqladmin --help` returns 1 instead of 0

          both of them accept 

          '--help'

          (or '-?') as valid option according to the documentation

          How to repeat:

          $> mysql_waitpid --help &>/dev/null
$> echo $?

$> mysqladmin --help &>/dev/null
$> echo $?

          Current resutls:

          255
1

          Expected results:

          0
0

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                Web Link Bug #70058 - Getting mysqld --help as root exits with 1

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                  hhorak Honza Horak added a comment -

                  Cross reporting:
                  http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=76737

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                  hhorak Honza Horak added a comment - Cross reporting: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=76737
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                  elenst Elena Stepanova added a comment -

                  Thanks for the report.

                  Reasoning from MDEV-4905 does not apply here, because the non-zero code is returned even when mysqladmin --help is run with a perfectly valid set of parameters.

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                  elenst Elena Stepanova added a comment - Thanks for the report. Reasoning from MDEV-4905 does not apply here, because the non-zero code is returned even when mysqladmin --help is run with a perfectly valid set of parameters.

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                    • Assignee:
                      cvicentiu Vicentiu Ciorbaru
                      Reporter:
                      hhorak Honza Horak
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