* mimics the exit code that a POSIX shell would report for
                 * a program that died from this signal.
                 */
-               code -= 128;
+               code += 128;
        } else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
                code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
                /*
 int finish_async(struct async *async)
 {
 #ifdef NO_PTHREADS
-       return wait_or_whine(async->pid, "child process", 0);
+       return wait_or_whine(async->pid, "child process");
 #else
        void *ret = (void *)(intptr_t)(-1);