xargs does give proper exit status

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

In ubuntu breezy

kvaneesh@home:/tmp/test$ echo a | xargs rm
rm: cannot remove `a': Permission denied
kvaneesh@home:/tmp/test$ echo $?
0
kvaneesh@home:/tmp/test$

on ubuntu Dapper it returns 123 status.

-aneesh

[Gary Coady (garycoady)]

Thank you for reporting this bug in Ubuntu. The issue has already been reported, and is fixed in the latest development version. As Ubuntu Breezy is a released probuct, only security-related fixes are accepted. If you think this fix is important enough, you could discuss the issue with the maintainers of Ubuntu backports, and see if they are interested in making a backport available: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291