GNU True can return 1: /bin/true --version >&- ; echo $?
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@rjek haha! Lots of GNU tools report errors via status code when stdout is closed. I think it's wrong.
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@rjek can I interest you in github.com/posec/true ?
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@drjtwit @rjek @fanf I imagine the fact that it'll need an entire local go environment just to build it would suck too. Plus no licence.
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@dsilverstone you're trolling, right? C, GNU Make, autotools, debtools are required to build /bin/true (I'm guessing)? @rjek @fanf
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Replying to @drjtwit
@drjtwit @rjek @fanf Yeah, but I already have all of that because they're standard.

May 21, 2015 ยท 4:44 PM UTC

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@drjtwit @rjek @fanf Also, they don't say "You need a local install of all of these things to build stuff" where Go seems to recommend such.
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