exit-status: update comments a bit

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/exit-status.h b/src/basic/exit-status.h
index 1208c8feed..2309f68815 100644
--- a/src/basic/exit-status.h
+++ b/src/basic/exit-status.h
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "set.h"
 
+/* This defines pretty names for the LSB 'start' verb exit codes. Note that they shouldn't be confused with the LSB
+ * 'status' verb exit codes which are defined very differently. For details see:
+ *
+ * https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
+ */
+
 typedef enum ExitStatus {
         /* EXIT_SUCCESS defined by libc */
         /* EXIT_FAILURE defined by libc */
@@ -37,9 +43,7 @@ typedef enum ExitStatus {
 
         /* The LSB suggests that error codes >= 200 are "reserved". We
          * use them here under the assumption that they hence are
-         * unused by init scripts.
-         *
-         * http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html */
+         * unused by init scripts. */
 
         EXIT_CHDIR = 200,
         EXIT_NICE,
@@ -81,9 +85,9 @@ typedef enum ExitStatus {
 } ExitStatus;
 
 typedef enum ExitStatusLevel {
-        EXIT_STATUS_MINIMAL,
-        EXIT_STATUS_SYSTEMD,
-        EXIT_STATUS_LSB,
+        EXIT_STATUS_MINIMAL,   /* only cover libc EXIT_STATUS/EXIT_FAILURE */
+        EXIT_STATUS_SYSTEMD,   /* cover libc and systemd's own exit codes */
+        EXIT_STATUS_LSB,       /* cover libc, systemd's own and LSB exit codes */
         EXIT_STATUS_FULL = EXIT_STATUS_LSB
 } ExitStatusLevel;