Fix msvc-filter to exit with a proper code on VC error

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/msvc-filter.cxx b/msvc-filter.cxx
index 0a06202..2094ab8 100644
--- a/msvc-filter.cxx
+++ b/msvc-filter.cxx
@@ -402,7 +402,12 @@ try
   isf.close ();
   isp.close ();
 
-  return pr.wait () ? 0 : pr.status;
+  // Passing through the exact child process exit status on failure tends to be
+  // a bit hairy as involves usage of WIFEXITED(), WEXITSTATUS() and handling
+  // the situation when the process is terminated with a signal and so exit
+  // code is unavailable. Lets implement when really required.
+  //
+  return pr.wait () ? 0 : 1;
 }
 catch (const ios_base::failure&)
 {