Merged from glib-2-6:

2005-05-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>

	Merged from glib-2-6:

	* glib/gspawn.c (g_spawn_command_line_sync): Clarify the meaning
	of exit_status(); it's not the return code from the child, but
	rather the waitpid() status.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-05-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	Merged from glib-2-6:
+
+	* glib/gspawn.c (g_spawn_command_line_sync): Clarify the meaning
+	of exit_status(); it's not the return code from the child, but
+	rather the waitpid() status.
+
 2005-05-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* glib/gunidecomp.c: Correct the end of the Hangul 

ChangeLog.pre-2-10

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-05-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	Merged from glib-2-6:
+
+	* glib/gspawn.c (g_spawn_command_line_sync): Clarify the meaning
+	of exit_status(); it's not the return code from the child, but
+	rather the waitpid() status.
+
 2005-05-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* glib/gunidecomp.c: Correct the end of the Hangul 

ChangeLog.pre-2-12

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-05-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	Merged from glib-2-6:
+
+	* glib/gspawn.c (g_spawn_command_line_sync): Clarify the meaning
+	of exit_status(); it's not the return code from the child, but
+	rather the waitpid() status.
+
 2005-05-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* glib/gunidecomp.c: Correct the end of the Hangul 

ChangeLog.pre-2-8

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-05-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	Merged from glib-2-6:
+
+	* glib/gspawn.c (g_spawn_command_line_sync): Clarify the meaning
+	of exit_status(); it's not the return code from the child, but
+	rather the waitpid() status.
+
 2005-05-18  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* glib/gunidecomp.c: Correct the end of the Hangul 

glib/gspawn.c

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ read_data (GString *str,
  * @user_data: user data for @child_setup
  * @standard_output: return location for child output 
  * @standard_error: return location for child error messages
- * @exit_status: child exit status, as returned by waitpid()
+ * @exit_status: return location for child exit status, as returned by waitpid()
  * @error: return location for error
  *
  * Executes a child synchronously (waits for the child to exit before returning).
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ g_spawn_async_with_pipes (const gchar          *working_directory,
  * @command_line: a command line 
  * @standard_output: return location for child output
  * @standard_error: return location for child errors
- * @exit_status: return location for child exit status
+ * @exit_status: return location for child exit status, as returned by waitpid()
  * @error: return location for errors
  *
  * A simple version of g_spawn_sync() with little-used parameters
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ g_spawn_async_with_pipes (const gchar          *working_directory,
  * implications, so consider using g_spawn_sync() directly if
  * appropriate. Possible errors are those from g_spawn_sync() and those
  * from g_shell_parse_argv().
+ *
+ * If @exit_status is non-%NULL, the exit status of the child is stored there as
+ * it would be returned by waitpid(); standard UNIX macros such as WIFEXITED()
+ * and WEXITSTATUS() must be used to evaluate the exit status.
  * 
  * On Windows, please note the implications of g_shell_parse_argv()
  * parsing @command_line. Space is a separator, and backslashes are