[Bug-wget] [bug #54178] wget sometimes returns 1024

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URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54178>

                 Summary: wget sometimes returns 1024
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: now3d
            Submitted on: Sun 24 Jun 2018 06:48:09 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
        Operating System: None
         Reproducibility: None
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

When wget can't connect to a server, it would appear it is returning 1024 to
bash. Note the site exists, but has no web server, shouldn't wget retur (0)
for success and (1) for an error?

--2018-06-24 15:29:32--  http://beflirty.com/
Resolving beflirty.com (beflirty.com)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘beflirty.com’





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