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Created by: nschloe

Discussions of why calling exit() in production code go back as far as 2010; cf. https://software.sandia.gov/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4969. Unfortunately, many libraries still call exit():

$ lintian * | grep shlib-calls-exit
X: libtrilinos-zoltan12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_zoltan.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-aztecoo12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_aztecoo.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-muelu12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_muelu.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-nox12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_noxepetra.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-stokhos12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_stokhos_muelu.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-galeri12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_galeri-epetra.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-epetraext12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_epetraext.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-shylu12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_shylu.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-pamgen12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_pamgen.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-ml12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_ml.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-triutils12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_triutils.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-ifpack12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_ifpack.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-pliris12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_dpliris.so.12.12.1
X: libtrilinos-trilinoscouplings12: shlib-calls-exit usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtrilinos_trilinoscouplings.so.12.12.1

Would be great to see some progress here.