Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() return

freddrake · freddrake · commit a88ef00a50be · 1999-06-18T19:11:25.000Z
value, based on comments from Tim Peters.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -695,7 +695,9 @@ \subsection{Process Management \label{os-process}}
 etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command.
 The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
 format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98,
-where it is always \code{0}.
+where it is always \code{0}.  Note that \POSIX{} does not specify the
+meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} function,
+so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent.
 Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
