--- merge-recursive.c.broken	2007-12-28 00:00:03.000000000 -0500
+++ merge-recursive.c	2007-12-28 00:17:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -827,10 +827,12 @@
 	args[3] = NULL;
 
 	status = run_command(&child);
+	fprintf(stderr, "00 status=%d\n", status);
 	if (status < -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK)
 		; /* failure in run-command */
 	else
 		status = -status;
+	fprintf(stderr, "01 status=%d\n", status);
 	fd = open(temp[1], O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto bad;