Bug#679653: libnotify-bin: exit status is always zero (even in presence of errors)

[Mario B.]

Package: libnotify-bin
Version: 0.5.0-2
Severity: minor


Hi,

notify-send returns zero even in presence of errors. I don't know if it is really a bug or only a missing feature, but a different exit status would be appreciated. :)


For example without a running X the command

$ notify-send something

obviously fails, but its exit status is zero:

$ echo $?
0


Thanks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (990, 'stable-updates'), (990, 'stable'), (550, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-for-dummynet (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libnotify-bin depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.3-3   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.32.3-1   GLib library of C routines
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2.1 0.5.0-2    sends desktop notifications to a n

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