@@ -3084,6 +3084,8 @@ tor_spawn_background(const char *const filename, int *stdout_read,
nbytes = write(STDOUT_FILENO, error_message, error_message_length);
nbytes = write(STDOUT_FILENO, hex_errno, sizeof(hex_errno));
+ (void) nbytes;
+
_exit(255);
return -1; /* Never reached, but avoids compiler warning */
}