my $use_system = 0;
my @cmd;
-if (($ENV{EXE_SHELL} // '') ne '') {
- # We don't know what $ENV{EXE_SHELL} contains, so we must use the one
- # string form to ensure that exec invokes a shell as needed.
- @cmd = ( join(' ', $ENV{EXE_SHELL}, @ARGV) );
-} elsif (-x $unix_shlib_wrap) {
+if (-x $unix_shlib_wrap) {
@cmd = ( $unix_shlib_wrap, @ARGV );
} else {
# Hope for the best
# (exitcode << 8 | signalcode)
die "wrap.pl: Failed to execute '", join(' ', @cmd), "': $!\n"
if $waitcode == -1;
-exit($? & 255) if ($? & 255) != 0;
+
+# When the subprocess aborted on a signal, mimic what Unix shells do, by
+# converting the signal code to an exit code by setting the high bit.
+# This only happens on Unix flavored operating systems, the others don't
+# have this sort of signaling to date, and simply leave the low byte zero.
+exit(($? & 255) | 128) if ($? & 255) != 0;
+
+# When not a signal, just shift down the subprocess exit code and use that.
exit($? >> 8);