From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:07:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: At David Ascher's request, clarify that os.system() always returns 0
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At David Ascher's request, clarify that os.system() always returns 0
on Win95 & Win98.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index 28f20509a4..c9a48044ff 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -694,7 +694,8 @@ calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the
 same limitations.  Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin},
 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()}.
+format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98,
+where it is always \code{0}.
 Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows.
 \end{funcdesc}