+static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid, const char *argv0, int silent_exec_failure)
+{
+ int status, code = -1;
+ pid_t waiting;
+ int failed_errno = 0;
+
+ while ((waiting = waitpid(pid, &status, 0)) < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+ ; /* nothing */
+
+ if (waiting < 0) {
+ failed_errno = errno;
+ error("waitpid for %s failed: %s", argv0, strerror(errno));
+ } else if (waiting != pid) {
+ error("waitpid is confused (%s)", argv0);
+ } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+ code = WTERMSIG(status);
+ error("%s died of signal %d", argv0, code);
+ /*
+ * This return value is chosen so that code & 0xff
+ * mimics the exit code that a POSIX shell would report for
+ * a program that died from this signal.
+ */
+ code -= 128;
+ } else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+ code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+ /*
+ * Convert special exit code when execvp failed.
+ */
+ if (code == 127) {
+ code = -1;
+ failed_errno = ENOENT;
+ if (!silent_exec_failure)
+ error("cannot run %s: %s", argv0,
+ strerror(ENOENT));
+ }
+ } else {
+ error("waitpid is confused (%s)", argv0);
+ }
+ errno = failed_errno;
+ return code;
+}
+