The following reply was made to PR bin/35055; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: dieter roelants <dieter.r@pandora.be>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: keiji@hiemalis.org
Subject: Re: bin/35055: /bin/sh wait bug
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:08:58 +0100

 > #!/bin/sh
 > #!/emul/freebsd/bin/sh
 > sleep 3 &
 > sleep 1 &
 > 
 > wait %1
 > r1=$?
 > echo $r1
 > wait %2
 > r2=$?
 > echo $r2
 > -----
 > Both r1 and r2 should be 0.
 
 Why do you think so? By the time the first wait returns, the second sleep has finished and so you don't have a job 2 anymore. 127 is the return value wait gives when you specify a non-existing child.
 
 > But exec this sh program, r1 is 0, r2 is 127.
 
 Seems right to me...
 
 
 Kind regards
 dieter