--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2007-02-17  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	* modules/sysexits-tests: New file.
+	* tests/test-sysexits.c: New file.
+
 	* modules/sys_time-tests: New file.
 	* tests/test-sys_time.c: New file.
 

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--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/sysexits-tests
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Files:
+tests/test-sysexits.c
+
+Depends-on:
+
+configure.ac:
+
+Makefile.am:
+TESTS += test-sysexits
+check_PROGRAMS += test-sysexits
+
+License:
+LGPL

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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-sysexits.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* Test of <sysexits.h> substitute.
+   Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2007.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <sysexits.h>
+
+int exitcode;
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  /* Check that all EX_* symbols are defined to integer constant expressions
+     with mutually different values.  */
+  switch (exitcode)
+    {
+    case EX_OK:
+    case EX_USAGE:
+    case EX_DATAERR:
+    case EX_NOINPUT:
+    case EX_NOUSER:
+    case EX_NOHOST:
+    case EX_UNAVAILABLE:
+    case EX_SOFTWARE:
+    case EX_OSERR:
+    case EX_OSFILE:
+    case EX_CANTCREAT:
+    case EX_IOERR:
+    case EX_TEMPFAIL:
+    case EX_PROTOCOL:
+    case EX_NOPERM:
+    case EX_CONFIG:
+      break;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}