Ensure that using the -v or -h flags always returns with EXIT_SUCCESS #255
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Returning -1 indicates an error, assuming the usual convention for exit codes is followed. Seeing how main.c returns -1 in case of errors, this appears to be the case. Specifically, using either of the two flags in a script or CI workflow will cause it to mistakenly assume an error has occured and fail as a result.
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-1indicates an error, assuming the usual convention for exit codes is followed. Seeing howmain.creturns-1in case of errors, this appears to be the case. Edit: It seems to turn into255on my Ubuntu system, but that's still interpreted as an error.Specifically, using either of the two flags in a script or CI workflow will cause it to mistakenly assume an error has occured and fail as a result. I've found this out when I was using
-vin a workflow (for debugging purposes) and it failed the entire run.