Tweaked refind-mkdefault return values for some error conditions.

diff --git a/docs/man/refind-mkdefault.8 b/docs/man/refind-mkdefault.8
index e8ae0c5d760c38f5cc4f2bcdfbff0c4b4e205f1d..3ac2dde8e3b707befd4c7ee7790f9198b0e063f2 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/man/refind-mkdefault.8
+++ b/docs/man/refind-mkdefault.8
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ a buggy EFI or badly damaged NVRAM contents.
 No rEFInd entry could be found in the list of boot options, and so
 no changes were made to the boot order list.
 
+.TP
+.B 4
+The script could not run because of OS issues -- the OS was not Linux,
+the \fIefibootmgr\fR utility was not available, or the script was not run
+as \fIroot\fR.
+
 .SH "LIMITATIONS"
 
 .TP

diff --git a/refind-mkdefault b/refind-mkdefault
index 39d7ef7e2ed571dbdcaddead32c1ccfda2660a49..a48ac5d237d3b5ab23ad4e66c1c98e2a32f73213 100755 (executable)
--- a/refind-mkdefault
+++ b/refind-mkdefault
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ def main():
 
     if sys.platform != "linux":
         print("This program is useful only under Linux; exiting!")
-        return(1)
+        return(4)
     if shutil.which("efibootmgr") is None:
         print("The efibootmgr utility is not installed; exiting!")
-        return(1)
+        return(4)
     if not os.geteuid() == 0:
         print("This program must be run as root (or via sudo); exiting!")
-        return(1)
+        return(4)
 
     retval = 0
     boot_entries, boot_order = discover_data()